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In February, before going on holiday,

Harry converted £560 into euros (€).
He returned in April and converted his
unspent euros into £120.
If Harry used the exchange rates shown
below, how many euros did he spend on
holiday?
Round your answer to the nearest €10.

In February, before going on holiday, Harry converted £560 into euros (€). He returned-example-1

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Final answer:

Without the exchange rates Harry used for converting pounds to euros and back, we cannot provide a precise amount of euros spent on his holiday. Generally, to find out the euros spent, you calculate the initial euros, then the euros after converting the remaining back to pounds, and the difference is the amount spent.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate how many euros Harry spent on his holiday, we first need to determine how many euros he initially had after converting from pounds. Unfortunately, the provided text does not include the exchange rates Harry used. Therefore, we cannot provide an exact answer to how many euros he spent.

However, in general terms, if we had the exchange rate from pounds to euros (let us say, for example, 1 pound equals 1.2 euros), we would multiply the amount in pounds (£560) by this rate to get the initial amount of euros. Then, after the holiday, we would take the amount of pounds he got after converting back the remaining euros (£120) and use the exchange rate again to find out how many euros he initially came back with. The difference between the initial euros and the euros that were converted back to pounds after the holiday would give us the amount Harry spent.

The steps are as follows:

  1. Convert initial pounds to euros using the initial exchange rate.
  2. Convert unspent euros back to pounds using the second exchange rate.
  3. Calculate the difference between the initial euros and the unspent euros to find out the spending.

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Step-by-step explanation:

See image below

In Feb 20 # = 22 E (Red line on graph)

560 # * 22E / 20# = 616 E to start vacay

In April 20 # = 24 E ( Green line)

120 # * 24 E / 20 # = 144 E at end of vacay

616 - 144 E = 472 E spent on vacay

In February, before going on holiday, Harry converted £560 into euros (€). He returned-example-1
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