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Maths Week: Your Thursday puzzle
Divide and conquer.
IT’S MATHS WEEK, and as is our annual tradition here, we’re setting you a puzzle a day this week with all answers published on the site on Sunday.
Get puzzling!
TODAY’S Q:
Joe went to the UK last week and changed money before he left. He wanted £100 sterling. There was a commission of €1.27 and they gave him a rate of 0.85 £/€.
He used his credit card for everything there and came home with the sterling. He went back to the bank with the £100 and was given a rate of 1.11 €/£ and again charged €1.27 for the pleasure.
How much did this whole transaction cost him?
All answers will be published on TheJournal.ie on Sunday.
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