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A shopkeeper purchases a packet of 50 pens at Rs. 10 per pen. He sells a part of the packet at a profit of 30%. On the remaining part, he incurs a loss of 10%. If his overall profit on the whole packet is 10%, the number of pens he sold at profit is
(a)25
(b)30
(c)20
(d)15

A

`25`

B

30

C

20

D

15

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