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  1. A cloth merchant has announced 25% rebate in prices. If one needs to have a rebate of Rs. 40, then how many metres of cloth costing Rs. 32 per metre he should purchase ?
    1. 6 m
    2. 5 m
    3. 10 m
    4. 7 m
Correct Option: B

Length of cloth bought = x metre (let)
Its cost = Rs. 32x
According to the question,
25% of 32x = 40

⇒  32x ×
1
= 40
4

⇒  8x = 40
⇒  x =
40
= 5 metre
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