A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 27.3%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount had been offered?
Pick:  A) 28.5  B) 27.675  C) 30  D) 34%  E) None of these
Giving no discount to customer implies selling the product on printed price. Suppose the cost price of the article is 100.   Then printed price = 100Ã—(100+27.3)/(100âˆ’5)   = 100Ã—127.3/95=134   Hence, required % Profit = 134 â€“ 100 = 34%   Answer 34%
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A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 27.3%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount had been offered?