Nicole baked apple, cream and banana cookies. There were half as many banana cookies as cream cookies and an equal number of banana cookies as apple cookies. The cost of each cookie is given as shown.
1 banana cookie: $1.20
1 cream cookie: $1.80
1 apple cookie: $1.70
If she collected $156 from selling all the cookies, how many cream cookies were there?
|
Banana |
Cream |
Apple |
Ratio of cookies |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 cookies |
$1.20 |
$1.80 |
$1.70 |
Total Value |
1.2 u |
3.6 u |
1.7 u |
Banana cookies : Cream cookies : Apple cookies
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the cookies
= 1.2 u + 3.6 u + 1.7 u
= 6.5 u
6.5 u = 156
1 u = 156 ÷ 6.5 = 24
Number of cream cookies
= 2 u
= 2 x 24
= 48
Answer(s): 48