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Tazwar Sikder
Jun 24, 2017

#"Rs." 96#

Explanation:

The final cost of the article is #"Rs." 108#.

Let's consider the original price of the article to be some number #x#.

#12.5%# VAT was added onto #x# to reach the final price of #"Rs." 108#:

#Rightarrow x + frac(x)(100) cdot 12.5 = "Rs." 108#

#Rightarrow x + 0.125 x = "Rs." 108#

#Rightarrow 1.125 x = "Rs." 108#

#therefore x = "Rs." 96#

Therefore, the original price of the article was #"Rs." 96#.

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