If he sells the lower-profit item for $640, and made a 20% profit, then he paid:  for that item.

If he sells the higher-profit item for $640, and made a 40% profit, then he paid:  for that item.

We then get total COST as: 

Therefore, his OVERALL profit percent =  

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