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A cloth merchant buys cloth from a weaver and cheats him by using a scale which is 10 cm longer than a normal metre scale. He claims to sell cloth at the cost price to his customers, but while selling uses a scale which is 10 cm shorter than a normal metre scale. What is his gain?

A

`20%`

B

`21%`

C

`22(2)/(9)%`

D

`23(1)/(3)%`

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