A man sells an article at $5 \%$ above its cost price. If he had bought it at $5 \%$ less than what he had paid for it and sold it at $Rs.\, 2$ less, he would have gained $10 \% .$ The cost price of the article is (in $Rs.$)
A man sells an article at $5 \%$ above its cost price. If he had bought it at $5 \%$ less than what he had paid for it and sold it at $Rs.\, 2$ less, he would have gained $10 \% .$ The cost price of the article is (in $Rs.$)
- A
$400$
- B
$100$
- C
$200$
- D
$300$
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