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 1800 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?
(A) $478 loss (B) $122 loss (C) Breaks even (D) $122 gain (E) $478 gain
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