A man sells an article at a loss of $5 \% .$ If he had bought it at $20 \%$ more and sold it for $Rs.\,115$ less, he would have made a loss of $40 \% .$ Find the cost price of the article.

  • A

    $400$

  • B

    $450$

  • C

    $500$

  • D

    $600$

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