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Goods pass successively through the hands of three traders and each of them sells his goods at a profit of 25% of his cost price. If the last trader sold the goods for Rs. 250, then how much did the first trader pay for them? `R s .128` b. `R s .150` c. `R s .192` d. `R s .200`

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