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 marks his goods up by 30 % and then offers a discount of 10 % on the marked price. what % profit does the merchant make after the discount ?
Options: a. 17 %, b. 25 %, c. 69 %, d. 31 %, e. 19 %
[A]: a


[Q]: Problem: 210 students were asked in a survey if they preferred windows or mac brand computers. 60 students claimed that they preferred mac to windows brand computers. one third as many of the students who preferred mac to windows, equally preferred both brands. 90 of the students had no preference. how many of the students in the survey preferred windows to mac brand computers ?
Options: a. 25, b. 40, c. 50, d. 60, e. 75
[A]: b


[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