A man sells an article at a loss of $5 \% .$ If he had bought it at $20 \%$ more and sold it for $Rs.\,115$ less, he would have made a loss of $40 \% .$ Find the cost price of the article.
A man sells an article at a loss of $5 \% .$ If he had bought it at $20 \%$ more and sold it for $Rs.\,115$ less, he would have made a loss of $40 \% .$ Find the cost price of the article.
- A
$400$
- B
$450$
- C
$500$
- D
$600$
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