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A shopkeeper allows a discount of on the marked price of an item but charges a sales tax of on the discounted price. If the customer pays as the price including the sales tax, then what is the marked price?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the marked price of the item be .
Step 1: Express the discounted price
The shopkeeper gives a discount of .



Step 2: Express the final price including sales tax
A sales tax of is charged on this discounted price.





**Step 3: Solve for using the given final price**
Given that the customer pays :









Let's simplify by dividing by :



Therefore,



Thus, the marked price is .

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A shopkeeper allows a discount of on the marked price of an item but charges a sales tax of on the discounted price. If the customer pays as the price including the sales tax, then what is the marked price?
A
B
C
D

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