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The list price of a book is Rs. 100. A dealer sells three such books for Rs. 274.50 after allowing discount at a certain rate. Find the rate of discount.

A

A) `8.16%`

B

B) `8.5%`

C

C) `8.34%`

D

D) `8.33%`

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