An article is sold at a gain of $15 \%$. Had it been sold for $₹ 27$ more,the profit would have been $20 \%$. The cost price of the article is (in $₹$):

  • A
    $500$
  • B
    $700$
  • C
    $540$
  • D
    $545$

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