Emily spent £2400 on holiday in 2017 - OCR - GCSE Maths - Question 18 - 2018 - Paper 2

Let the amount she spent in 2016 be denoted as $x$.

Since she spent 20% more in 2017, we can express this mathematically as:

$2400 = x + 0.2x$

This simplifies to:

$2400 = 1.2x$

To find $x$, divide both sides by 1.2:

$x = \frac{2400}{1.2}$

Calculating this gives:

$x = 2000$

Thus, Emily spent £2000 on holiday in 2016.