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A shopkeeper purchased 150 identical pieces of calculators at the rate of Rs. 250 each. He spent an amount of Rs. 200 on transport and packing. He fixed the labelled of each calculator at Rs. 320. However, he decided to gave a discount of 55% on the labelled price. What is the percentage profit earned by him? `14 %` b. `15 1/2%` c. `16 2/3%` d. `20 %\ ` e. none of these

A

`14%`

B

`15%`

C

`16%`

D

`20%`

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