The marked price of an article is $Rs.\, 5000.$ But due to a special festive offer a certain per cent of discount is declared. Mr. $X$ availed this opportunity and bought the article at reduced price. He then sold it at $Rs.\, 5000$ and thereby made a profit of $11 \frac{1}{9} \%$. The percentage of discount allowed was
The marked price of an article is $Rs.\, 5000.$ But due to a special festive offer a certain per cent of discount is declared. Mr. $X$ availed this opportunity and bought the article at reduced price. He then sold it at $Rs.\, 5000$ and thereby made a profit of $11 \frac{1}{9} \%$. The percentage of discount allowed was
- A
$10$
- B
$3 \frac{1}{3}$
- C
$7 \frac{1}{2}$
- D
$11 \frac{1}{9}$
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