A man sells two article for $Rs.\,5000$ each neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one of them at a gain of $25 \%,$ the other article is sold at a loss of.......$\%$

  • A

    $15 \frac{2}{3}$

  • B

    $16 \frac{2}{3}$

  • C

    $17 \frac{1}{3}$

  • D

    $18 \frac{1}{3}$

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