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A librarian purchased 60 story books for his library. But he found that he could get 4 extra books by spending Rs. 336 more and then the overall average price per book would be reduced by Rs 1. The previous average price of each book was

A

Rs 84

B

Rs 83

C

Rs 68

D

Rs 100

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