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A merchant takes fire insurance policy to cover 80 % of the value of his stock. Stock worth Rs.80,000 was completely destroyed in a fire. while the rest of stock was reduced to 20% of its value. If the proportional compensation under the policy was Rs.67,200, find the value of the stock.

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Rs.85,000
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