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A noodles merchant buys two warieties of noodles the price of the first being twice that of the second. He sells the mixture at Rs `17.50` per kilogram thereby making a profit of `25%`. If the ratio of the amounts of the first noodles and the second noodles in the mixture is `2 : 3`, then the respective costs of each noodles are

A

Rs 20, Rs 10

B

Rs 24, Rs 12

C

Rs 16, Rs 8

D

Rs 6, Rs 3

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