Hasan buys two kinds of cloth materials for school uniforms, shirt material that costs him Rs. 50 per meter and trouser material that costs him Rs. 90 per meter. For every 3 meters of the shirt material he buys 2 meters of the trouser material. He sells the materials at 12% and 10% profit respectively. His total sale is Rs. 36,600. How much trouser material did he buy?

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115

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Concept- When we are given two or more integers, one of which is unknown, we can use linear equations in one variable to calculate the value of an integer.
Let material bought for trousers and shirts be

meters and

meters respectively.
Cost price of

metres of trouser material at Rs. 90 per metre

and
Cost price of

metres of shirt material at Rs. 50 per metre

Here, profit in case of shirt material

.
Then, S.P.

Also, profit in case of trouser material

S.P.

Total selling price = Rs.

Here, the total selling price is given as Rs. 36,600.

Thus, the trouser material purchased

Hence, the correct answer is option 1) 200.

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