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A shopkeeper expects a gain of `22 1/2%` on his cost price. If in a week his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit? `R s .18.20` b. `\ R s .70` c. `R s .88.25` d. `R s .72`

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90

B

80

C

72

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