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Initially a shopkeeper had a chocolates. A customer bought 10% chocolate then another customer bought 20% of the remaining chocolates, after that one more customer purchased 25% of the remaining chocolates. Finally shopkeeper is left with 270 chocolates in his shop. How many chocolates were there initially in his shop ?

A

300

B

450

C

500

D

600

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