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During the testing of a spike-tooth type thresher for wheat crop, the throughput and the thresher capacity were found to be 750 kg h^{-1} and 445 kg h^{-1}, respectively. The grain-straw ratio (grain : straw) of the crop is 1.5 : 1. Material other than grain (MOG) collected at the main grain outlet is 0.5%. The total grain loss in percentage from all the sources will be
A
0.33
B
0.50
C
1.11
D
1.61

Correct : c

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