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An army lost `10%` of its men in war. `10%` of the remaining died due to disease and `10%` of the rest were declared disabled. Thus the strength of the army was reduced to `729000` active men. The original strength of the army was ?

A

1500000

B

1000000

C

1200000

D

1100000

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