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A drapper bought some shirts and some trousers from a wholesaler Y at Sh.200 per shirt and Sh.600 per trouser, spending a total of Sh.22, 000....

A drapper bought some shirts and some trousers from a wholesaler Y at Sh.200 per
shirt and Sh.600 per trouser, spending a total of Sh.22, 000. If he had bought the same
items from wholesaler X, he would have paid 25% more for a shirt and 15% less for a
trouser and he would have spent Sh.700 more.
a) Write a simultaneous equation to represent the above information.
b) Determine the number of each item he bought
c) He sold all the items as a profit of 50% per shirt and 30% per trouser. Find the
total profit he made if he bought from wholesaler X.
d) Calculate to the nearest whole number, the percentage profit he made if he bought
from wholesale Y

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