A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 18.75%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?
Pick
A) 60 %  B) 23 %  C) 25 %  D) 56 %  E) 73 %

Rationale: "let c . p . be rs . 100 . then , s . p . = rs . 118.75 let marked price be rs . x . then , 95 / 100 x = 118.75 x = 11875 / 95 = rs . 125 now , s . p . = rs . 125 , c . p . = rs . 100 profit % = 25 % . answer : c"
Answer: C