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A merchant purchases a wrist watch for Rs 450 and fixes its list price in such a way that after allowing a discount of 10%, he earns a profit of 20%. Then, the list price of the watch is

A

Rs 480

B

Rs 450

C

Rs 600

D

Rs 540

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