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A salesman in order to boost the sale of his articles increased the marked price of each article by 60% and then offered a scheme --when a buyer buys 5 articles then salesman will give him 3 articles free. If each article was initially marked up 50% above the cost price, then find overall profit or loss percentage earned by salesman due to above scheme?

A

A)20% loss

B

B)25% profit

C

C)30% loss

D

D)50% profit

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