The marked price of an article is $Rs.\, 5000.$ But due to a special festive offer a certain per cent of discount is declared. Mr. $X$ availed this opportunity and bought the article at reduced price. He then sold it at $Rs.\, 5000$ and thereby made a profit of $11 \frac{1}{9} \%$. The percentage of discount allowed was

  • A

    $10$

  • B

    $3 \frac{1}{3}$

  • C

    $7 \frac{1}{2}$

  • D

    $11 \frac{1}{9}$

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