The average marks of Sameer decreased by $1,$ when he replaced the subject in which he scored $40$ marks with two other subjects in which he scored $23$ and $25$ marks respectively. Later,he also included $57$ marks of Computer Science,and the average marks increased by $2.$ How many subjects were there initially?

  • A
    $6$
  • B
    $12$
  • C
    $15$
  • D
    $9$

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