A cloth merchant says that due to slump in the market, he sells cloth at $10 \%$ loss, but he uses a inaccurate metre scale and actually gains $15 \%$. Find out the actual length of the scale. (in $cm$)
A cloth merchant says that due to slump in the market, he sells cloth at $10 \%$ loss, but he uses a inaccurate metre scale and actually gains $15 \%$. Find out the actual length of the scale. (in $cm$)
- A
$72.4$
- B
$71.34$
- C
$78.25$
- D
None of these
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