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A telephone company in a town has 500 subscribers on its list and collects fixed charges of Rs. 300 per subscriber. The company proposes to increase the annual subscription and it is believed that every increase of Rs. 1 one subscriber will discontinue the services. Find what increase will bring maximum revenue?

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