Articles are marked at a price which gives a profit of $25 \%$. After allowing a certain discount,the profit reduces to $12\frac{1}{2} \%$. The discount percent is: (in $\%$)

  • A
    $10$
  • B
    $11.1$
  • C
    $12$
  • D
    $12.5$

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