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Why not just click "Lost your password?" link of login page. In next page enter your correct email id and your password will be mailed to your email id.
For several reasons. 1. Many people never got that eMail, for various causes 2. As strange as it seems, sometimes you can't access the eMail address of someone who asks you to repair his/her WordPress. That persons gives you the problem, the FTP account and, if you are lucky, the money . It's your job to fix the issue with as little tools as possible. 3. Other times you can't remember / access that address yourself. Not to mention that receiving the password, in clear, by eMail, is not one of the best security policies.