2000 Gauss 7 Problem 20

A dishonest butcher priced his meat so that meat advertised at \$3.79 per kg was actually sold for \$4.00 per kg. He sold 1\,800 kg of meat before being caught and fined \$500. By how much was he ahead or behind where he would have been had he not cheated?

\textbf{(A)}\ \$478\text{ loss}\quad \textbf{(B)}\ \$122\text{ loss}\quad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{Breaks even}\quad \textbf{(D)}\ \$122\text{ gain}\quad \textbf{(E)}\ \$478\text{ gain}

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