Barbara baked blueberry, pandan and apple croissants. There were one-quarter as many apple croissants as pandan croissants and an equal number of apple croissants as blueberry croissants. The cost of each croissant is given as shown.
1 apple croissant: $1.10
1 pandan croissant: $1.90
1 blueberry croissant: $1.80
If she collected $189 from selling all the croissants, how many pandan croissants were there?
|
Apple |
Pandan |
Blueberry |
Ratio of croissants |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 croissants |
$1.10 |
$1.90 |
$1.80 |
Total Value |
1.1 u |
7.6 u |
1.8 u |
Apple croissants : Pandan croissants : Blueberry croissants
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the croissants
= 1.1 u + 7.6 u + 1.8 u
= 10.5 u
10.5 u = 189
1 u = 189 ÷ 10.5 = 18
Number of pandan croissants
= 4 u
= 4 x 18
= 72
Answer(s): 72