Rachel is going on a trip to Japan. The table below shows the cities she hopes to visit during her stay, as well as the
amount of money she expects to spend in each one after taking into account food, shopping, transportation, and similar
costs. All costs are given in Japanese yen (4).
City
Sendai
Nara
Sapporo
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Kyoto
Osaka
Cost ()
6,450
6,824
6,106
8,670
5,768
7.611
8,215
Because Rachel has only ¥36,000 to spend on this portion of her trip, she has decided that she must remove two cities
from her itinerary. Which of the following is the cheapest pair of cities she can drop and still stay within her budget?
a Nara and Sapporo
b. Hiroshima and Kyoto
C. Osaka and Sendai
d Sapporo and Kyoto