$A$ fruit-seller buys some oranges and by selling $40 \%$ of them he realizes the cost price of all the oranges. As the oranges begin to grow over-ripe,he reduces the price and sells $80 \%$ of the remaining oranges at half the previous rate of profit. The rest of the oranges being rotten are thrown away. The overall percentage of profit is (in $\%$)

  • A
    $80$
  • B
    $84$
  • C
    $94$
  • D
    $96$

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