Wendy baked pandan, strawberry and cheese muffins. There were one-third as many cheese muffins as strawberry muffins and an equal number of cheese muffins as pandan muffins. The cost of each muffin is given as shown.
1 cheese muffin: $1.30
1 strawberry muffin: $1.80
1 pandan muffin: $1.30
If she collected $192 from selling all the muffins, how many strawberry muffins were there?
|
Cheese |
Strawberry |
Pandan |
Ratio of muffins |
1 u |
3 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 muffins |
$1.30 |
$1.80 |
$1.30 |
Total Value |
1.3 u |
5.4 u |
1.3 u |
Cheese muffins : Strawberry muffins : Pandan muffins
1 : 3 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the muffins
= 1.3 u + 5.4 u + 1.3 u
= 8 u
8 u = 192
1 u = 192 ÷ 8 = 24
Number of strawberry muffins
= 3 u
= 3 x 24
= 72
Answer(s): 72