A man purchased $150$ pens at the rate of $Rs.\, 12$ per pen. He sold 50 pens at gain of $10 \% .$ The percentage gain at which he must sell the remaining pens so as to gain $15 \%$ on the whole outlay is........$\%$

  • A

    $21 \frac{1}{2}$

  • B

    $20$

  • C

    $17$

  • D

    $17 \frac{1}{2}$

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