A shopkeeper buys $144$ items at $90$ paisa each. On the way $20$ items are broken. He sells the remainder at $RS.\,1.20$ each. His gain percent correct to one place of decimal is

  • A

    $13.8$

  • B

    $14.6$

  • C

    $14.8$

  • D

    $15.8$

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