Oil equal to $20 \%$ of the weight of ground nut is extracted in a mill. The matter left after extraction is sold as cattle feed at the rate of $Rs.\, 12.5$ per $kg$. The ground nuts are bought at $Rs.$ $20$ per $kg.$ the processing cost is $Rs.\, 5$ per $kg$. At what price $(Rs.$ per $kg$ ) should the oil be sold to earn $20 \%$ profit on total costs (Total cost $=$ cost of groundnuts and processing costs)?
Oil equal to $20 \%$ of the weight of ground nut is extracted in a mill. The matter left after extraction is sold as cattle feed at the rate of $Rs.\, 12.5$ per $kg$. The ground nuts are bought at $Rs.$ $20$ per $kg.$ the processing cost is $Rs.\, 5$ per $kg$. At what price $(Rs.$ per $kg$ ) should the oil be sold to earn $20 \%$ profit on total costs (Total cost $=$ cost of groundnuts and processing costs)?
- A
$250$
- B
$150$
- C
$200$
- D
$100$
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