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.
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Question: 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 %

Answer: c


Question: Problem: heinz produces tomato puree by boiling tomato juice. the tomato puree has only 20 % water while the tomato juice has 90 % water. how many liters of tomato puree will be obtained from 25 litres of tomato juice ?
Options: a. 2.8 liters., b. 3.125 liters., c. 8.5 liters., d. 2.6 liters., e. 2.1 liters.

Answer: b


Question: Problem: a bag contains 10 green and 8 white balls. if two balls are drawn simultaneously, the probability that both are of the same colour is
Options: a. 8 / 15, b. 21 / 44, c. 3 / 5, d. 11 / 15, e. 7 / 15

Answer:
b