Given a math problem with context and a question and 5 answer choices, the task is to provide the correct answer choice based on the problem. You must choose one of the given answer choices by letter: a, b, c, d, or e; anything else is invalid.

Q: Problem: a merchant sells an item at a 20 % discount, but still makes a gross profit of 20 percent of the cost. what percent of the cost would the gross profit on the item have been if it had been sold without the discount ?
Options: a. 20 %, b. 40 %, c. 50 %, d. 60 %, e. 75 %

A: c
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Q: Problem: two trains are moving in opposite directions at 60 km / hr and 90 km / hr. their lengths are 1.15 km and 0.6 km respectively. the time taken by the slower train to cross the faster train in seconds is ?
Options: a. 42, b. 9, c. 7, d. 67, e. 15

A: a
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Q: Problem: find the average of first 20 multiples of 7 ?
Options: a. 73.5, b. 70.5, c. 63.5, d. 54.5, e. 40.5

A:
a
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