While selling a shirt, a shopkeeper gives a discount of

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While selling a shirt, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 7%. If he had given a discount of 9% he would have got ₹ 15 less as profit. The marked price of the shirt is

1. ₹ 750
2. ₹ 720
3. ₹ 712.50
4. ₹ 600

Correct Option: A

Let the marked price of the shirt be y.
Difference of discounts = ( 9 - 7 ) = 2%
∴ 2% of y = 15

⇒	y × 2	= 15
	100

⇒ y =	15 × 100	= ₹ 750
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