Sreenivas sells a table to Shiva at 10% profit and Shiva sells it to Mahesh at 10% loss. At what price did Sreenivas purchase the table if Mahesh paid $ 2178?  Select.
A) $ 2300
B) $ 2650
C) $ 2670
D) $ 2200
E) $ 2540
D   $ 2200   Let the cost price of table for Sreenivas be $ x and given that, cost price of table for Mahesh = $ 2178.   =&gt; (90%) of (110%) of x = $ 2178.   =&gt; (90/100)(110/100)x = 2178   =&gt; x = (2178 * 100)/(9 * 11)   =&gt; x = $ 2200
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Sreenivas sells a table to Shiva at 10% profit and Shiva sells it to Mahesh at 10% loss. At what price did Sreenivas purchase the table if Mahesh paid $ 2178?