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A shopkeeper bought article ‘A’ for Rs. ‘x’ and marked it 20% above its cost price and sold it for Rs. 1800. Marked price of article ‘B’ is Rs. 1600 more than that of article ‘A’ while selling price of article ‘B’ is Rs. 260 more than that of ‘A’. Find the cost price of article ‘A’ if article ‘B’ is sold at a discount of 20%.

A Rs. 712.5

B Rs. 810.5

C Rs. 812.5

D Rs. 832.5

E None of these

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