Jane baked pandan, strawberry and cheese tarts. There were half as many cheese tarts as strawberry tarts and an equal number of cheese tarts as pandan tarts. The cost of each tart is given as shown.
1 cheese tart: $1.40
1 strawberry tart: $1.10
1 pandan tart: $1.30
If she collected $245 from selling all the tarts, how many strawberry tarts were there?
|
Cheese |
Strawberry |
Pandan |
Ratio of tarts |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 tarts |
$1.40 |
$1.10 |
$1.30 |
Total Value |
1.4 u |
2.2 u |
1.3 u |
Cheese tarts : Strawberry tarts : Pandan tarts
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the tarts
= 1.4 u + 2.2 u + 1.3 u
= 4.9 u
4.9 u = 245
1 u = 245 ÷ 4.9 = 50
Number of strawberry tarts
= 2 u
= 2 x 50
= 100
Answer(s): 100