A seller increased the price of an item by X% and then

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A seller increased the price of an item by \(X\)% and then decreased it by \(Y\)%. What is the original price of the item, if \(X\) is an odd perfect square less than 10?

1) The price of the item after \(X\)% increase and \(Y\)% decrease is $2,475.
2) \(Y = 2X\)

The OA is E

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