Hazel baked pandan, banana and cheese tarts. There were one-fifth as many cheese tarts as banana tarts and an equal number of cheese tarts as pandan tarts. The cost of each tart is given as shown.
1 cheese tart: $1.30
1 banana tart: $1.80
1 pandan tart: $1.20
If she collected $299 from selling all the tarts, how many banana tarts were there?
|
Cheese |
Banana |
Pandan |
Ratio of tarts |
1 u |
5 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 tarts |
$1.30 |
$1.80 |
$1.20 |
Total Value |
1.3 u |
9 u |
1.2 u |
Cheese tarts : Banana tarts : Pandan tarts
1 : 5 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the tarts
= 1.3 u + 9 u + 1.2 u
= 11.5 u
11.5 u = 299
1 u = 299 ÷ 11.5 = 26
Number of banana tarts
= 5 u
= 5 x 26
= 130
Answer(s): 130