Victoria baked apple, banana and cheese macarons. There were one-third as many cheese macarons as banana macarons and an equal number of cheese macarons as apple macarons. The cost of each macaron is given as shown.
1 cheese macaron: $1.10
1 banana macaron: $1.10
1 apple macaron: $1.60
If she collected $180 from selling all the macarons, how many banana macarons were there?
|
Cheese |
Banana |
Apple |
Ratio of macarons |
1 u |
3 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 macarons |
$1.10 |
$1.10 |
$1.60 |
Total Value |
1.1 u |
3.3 u |
1.6 u |
Cheese macarons : Banana macarons : Apple macarons
1 : 3 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the macarons
= 1.1 u + 3.3 u + 1.6 u
= 6 u
6 u = 180
1 u = 180 ÷ 6 = 30
Number of banana macarons
= 3 u
= 3 x 30
= 90
Answer(s): 90