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A shopkeeper allows $20 %$ discount on the marked price of his articles. Find the marked price of an article for which he charged Rs. $560$ .

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Consider M.P of articles $= ₹ 100$
Discount on the M.P $= 20 %$
S.P of articles $= 100 - 20 = ₹ 80$
If S.P of articles is $₹ 80$ then $M . P = ₹ 100$
If S.P of articles is $₹ 560$ then $M . P = (100 \times 560) / 80 = ₹ 700$

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