Hilda baked durian, cream and apple macarons. There were one-fifth as many apple macarons as cream macarons and an equal number of apple macarons as durian macarons. The cost of each macaron is given as shown.
1 apple macaron: $1.10
1 cream macaron: $1.10
1 durian macaron: $1.20
If she collected $273 from selling all the macarons, how many cream macarons were there?
|
Apple |
Cream |
Durian |
Ratio of macarons |
1 u |
5 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 macarons |
$1.10 |
$1.10 |
$1.20 |
Total Value |
1.1 u |
5.5 u |
1.2 u |
Apple macarons : Cream macarons : Durian macarons
1 : 5 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the macarons
= 1.1 u + 5.5 u + 1.2 u
= 7.8 u
7.8 u = 273
1 u = 273 ÷ 7.8 = 35
Number of cream macarons
= 5 u
= 5 x 35
= 175
Answer(s): 175