Irene baked mocca, coffee and blueberry cookies. There were one-quarter as many blueberry cookies as coffee cookies and an equal number of blueberry cookies as mocca cookies. The cost of each cookie is given as shown.
1 blueberry cookie: $1.50
1 coffee cookie: $1.10
1 mocca cookie: $1.10
If she collected $203 from selling all the cookies, how many coffee cookies were there?
|
Blueberry |
Coffee |
Mocca |
Ratio of cookies |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 cookies |
$1.50 |
$1.10 |
$1.10 |
Total Value |
1.5 u |
4.4 u |
1.1 u |
Blueberry cookies : Coffee cookies : Mocca cookies
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the cookies
= 1.5 u + 4.4 u + 1.1 u
= 7 u
7 u = 203
1 u = 203 ÷ 7 = 29
Number of coffee cookies
= 4 u
= 4 x 29
= 116
Answer(s): 116