$A$ shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of $5 \%$ and earned a profit of $23.5 \%$. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount had been offered?

  • A
    $23 \%$
  • B
    $30 \%$
  • C
    $33 \%$
  • D
    Cannot be determined

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