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Mrs. Annapurna per day sells exactly four quintal sugar at ₹ 2000 per quintal getting the profit of ₹ `25%`. Since she mixes two varities of sugar, one costs ₹ 14 per kg and another costs ₹ 22 per kg. One day due to huge demand in market she had only 3 quintal of the required mixture so ahe purchased the sugar costs ₹ 17 per kg at ₹ 18 per kg from the wholeseller on that day and then she mixed 300 kg mixture with 100 kg sugar costing ₹ 18 per kg to fulfill the demand of the market selling at the same price. How much percent less does she gain that she would have gained, if she had sufficient quantity of used mixture of sugar?

A

`12.5%`

B

`18.18%`

C

`62.5%`

D

can't be determined

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