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Shantanu drives a motorcycle and covers a distance of 715 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the motorcycle had been 10 km/h more, he would have taken 2 h less to cover the same distance. What is the original speed of the motorcycle?

A

55 km/h

B

50 km/h

C

45 km/h

D

65 km/h

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