18 Andy flies from the UK to Japan.

His plane ticket costs £554.

Andy then flies from Japan to Australia.

His plane ticket costs 70 140 Japanese Yen.

The exchange rate is £1 = 140 Japanese Yen.

Leila flies from the UK to Australia.

Her plane ticket costs 1860 Australian dollars.

The exchange rate is 1 Australian dollar = £0.62.

Who pays more to fly from the UK to Australia, Andy or Leila?

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Answer:

Leila pays more than Andy to fly from the UK to Australia.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Andy flies from the UK to Japan.

His plane ticket costs £554.

Andy then flies from Japan to Australia.

His plane ticket costs 70 140 Japanese Yen.

The exchange rate is £1 = 140 Japanese Yen.

Leila flies from the UK to Australia.

Her plane ticket costs 1860 Australian dollars.

The exchange rate is 1 Australian dollar = £0.62.

Now, to find Andy or Leila who pays more to fly from the UK to Australia.

Andy flies from the UK to Japan.

His plane ticket costs = £554.

Andy then flies from Japan to Australia.

His plane ticket costs 70 140 Japanese Yen.

The exchange rate is £1 = 140 Japanese Yen.

So, by using conversion factor we convert Japanese Yen to £.

140 = £1

70140 = [tex]70140\div 140=\£501.[/tex]

His plane ticket costs = £501.

Now, adding both the cost of tickets:

[tex]501+554=\£1055.[/tex]

Andy total pays fly from the UK to Australia is £1055.

Now, to get the cost of plane ticket of Leila from the UK to Australia.

Her plane ticket costs 1860 Australian dollars.

The exchange rate is 1 Australian dollar = £0.62.

So, by using conversion factor:

1 Australian dollar = £0.62

1860 Australian dollar = [tex]1860\times 0.62=\£1153.2[/tex]

Her plane ticket costs is £1153.2.

As, we see that cost of plane ticket of Andy is £1055 and cost of plane ticket of Leila is £1153.2.

Thus, Leila pays more.

Therefore, Leila pays more than Andy to fly from the UK to Australia.

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