A man buys $100\, kg$ of sugar for $Rs.\, 2400 .$ He sold $1 / 4$ th of the stock at a loss of $5 \% .$ At what per cent profit should he sell the remaining stock so as to make an overall profit of $20 \%$ on the whole transaction? (in $\%$)

  • A

    $25$

  • B

    $27 \frac{1}{3}$

  • C

    $28$

  • D

    $28 \frac{1}{3}$

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