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The price of an article is first increased by 20% and later on the price were decreased by 25% due to reduction in sales. Find the net percentage change in final price of Article. `20 %` b. `18 %` c. `38 %` d. none of these

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Net percentage change is a decrease of 10% because final result is negative.
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