Question

A man lost 1/5 of his money and then spent 65% of the remainder. If he has still Rs 441 left, what was his original money.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let $x =$ the original amount of money. If he lost 1/5 of it, then he only has 4/5 left. Then he spent 65% of it which means that he only has 35% of the 4/5ths of the money left. Therefore, we can set up the equation as

$0.35(\frac{4}{5}x) = \text{Rs}\:441$

$\Rightarrow x = \frac{5}{4}(\text{Rs}\: 441/0.35) = \text{Rs}\: 1,575$