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A milkman purchases 10 litres of milk at ₹ 7 per litre and forms a mixture by adding freely available water which constitutes `16.66%` of the mixture. Later on he replaced die mixture by some freely available water and thus the ratio of milk is to water is `2:1`. He then sold the new mixture at cost price of milk , then what is the profit percentage?

A

`68%`

B

`34%`

C

`40%`

D

none of the above

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