A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 19.7%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?
Pick one.
A) 60 % B) 26 % C) 30 % D) 56 % E) 73 %

Rationale: "let c . p . be rs . 100 . then , s . p . = rs . 19.70 let marked price be rs . x . then , 95 / 100 x = 119.70 x = 11970 / 95 = rs . 126 now , s . p . = rs . 126 , c . p . = rs . 100 profit % = 26 % . answer : b"
Answer: B