One of the members of staff from the software organisation travels to Birmingham on a business trip. She pays for her ticket with three crisp £25 notes at the ticket office and is given £10.50 in change. Assuming that she bought a return ticket and that each leg of the journey cost the same amount, how much was one leg of the journey?

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One of the members of staff from the software organisation travels to
Birmingham on a business trip. She pays for her ticket with three crisp
£25 notes at the ticket office and is given £10.50 in change. Assuming
that she bought a return ticket and that each leg of the journey cost the
same amount, how much was one leg of the journey? 

 

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