A shop sells a watch for ₹ B, incurring a loss of 8%. During a clearance sale, they mark it up to ₹1.3B. At the sale, they offer a discount of 15% on this marked price. What will be the percentage profit or loss during the sale?

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1. Find cost price: Given selling price $B$ gives 8% loss. So $B=0.92	imes CP$. Thus $CP=\frac{B}{0.92}$. 
2. Find sale price: Marked price $=1.3B$. After 15% discount sale price $=1.3B	imes0.85=1.105B$. 
3. Compute profit percent: Profit $=1.105B-\frac{B}{0.92}$. Divide by $CP$ and multiply by 100: $\dfrac{1.105B-\frac{B}{0.92}}{\frac{B}{0.92}}	imes100\approx1.66\%$. 
4. Conclusion: This is about **1.6% profit**. 
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