Alroy gave his sister $40 %$ of his pocket money and was left with Rs. $600$ . What was his pocket money (in Rs.)?

800

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1500

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1200

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1000

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Solution

The correct option is D $1000$
He gave his sister $40 %$ i.e. he was left with $60 %$ of the total money which was Rs. $600.$
Let $x$ be the pocket money of Alroy.
Then, $\frac{60 x}{100} = 600$
$\Rightarrow x = 1000$
Hence, Pocket money of Alroy was Rs. $1000.$

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