Question

Joe went on holiday to Spain.

His flights cost a total of £320
Joe stayed in an apartment for 3 weeks.
The apartment cost 560 euros each week.
Joe hired a car for 15 days.
The car hire cost 20.16 euros each day.
The exchange rate was £1 = 1.12 euros.
(a) Work out the total cost, in pounds, of the flights, the apartment and the car hire.
(b) If there had been more than 1.12 euros to £1, how would this affect your answer
to part (a)?
(2 part question; enter answers for (a) and (b) in the answer box below) *
(5 Points)

Answer 1

Answers:

a. £2,090
b. My answer would be less because my total in euros would be divided by a greater number when converting euros to pounds.

Work for part a:

Apartment: 560•3= 1680 euros

Car: 20.16•15= 302.4 euros

1680+302.4=1982.4

1982.4/1.12 = £x/1

1982.4 / 1.12= £1,770

£1,770 + £320 = £2,090 total

Work for part b:
Example:
(instead of 1.12 I put 2 to see what would happen with a greater number)
1982.4 / 2 = 991.2

991.2 is less than 1,770 (the answer I got with 1.12)

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