document.write( "Question 1025856: 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
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22.5% gain\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "392-320=72\r
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