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A milkman has 20 liters of milk. If he mixes 5 liters of water, which is freely available, in 20 liters f pure milk. If the cost of pure milk is rs 18 per litre, then the profit of the milkman, when he sells all the mixture at cost price is:

A

20%

B

25%

C

33.33%

D

18%

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