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Prices of foodgrains have risen by and of other items of consumption by 15%. If the ratio of an employee's expenditure on foodgrains and other items 2 : 5, by how much should his salary be increased so that he may maintain the same level of consumption as before, assuming that his present salary is Rs. 3500? `R s .300` b. `R s .350` c. `R s .375` d. `R s .475`

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