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A shopkeeper purchased an article for Rs. ‘a’ and marked it 140% above its cost price and sold it after giving two successive discounts of Rs270 and 20%, respectively and earned a profit of Rs. 4a/5. Find the marked price of the article.

A Rs. 4550

B Rs. 2200

C Rs. 4800

D Rs. 4320

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