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Ritesh went to a shopping mall to buy a trouser costing Rs. 3500. On his request, the shopkeeper allowed two successive discounts of x% and y% `(x gt y)`. If Ritesh paid rs. 2618 including sales tax of 10%, then which of the following could be the discount rates given by the shopkeeper ?

A

20%, 15%

B

20%, 10%

C

20%, 25%

D

15%, 10%

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