$A$ cloth dealer professes to sell cotton at cost price, but uses a meter scale having a length of $80 \, cm$ only and charges for a full meter. Find his gain percent.

  • A
    $25 \%$
  • B
    $30 \%$
  • C
    $40 \%$
  • D
    None of these

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