Diana baked pandan, blueberry and cheese macarons. There were half as many cheese macarons as blueberry macarons and an equal number of cheese macarons as pandan macarons. The cost of each macaron is given as shown.
1 cheese macaron: $1.30
1 blueberry macaron: $1.40
1 pandan macaron: $1.90
If she collected $234 from selling all the macarons, how many blueberry macarons were there?
|
Cheese |
Blueberry |
Pandan |
Ratio of macarons |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 macarons |
$1.30 |
$1.40 |
$1.90 |
Total Value |
1.3 u |
2.8 u |
1.9 u |
Cheese macarons : Blueberry macarons : Pandan macarons
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the macarons
= 1.3 u + 2.8 u + 1.9 u
= 6 u
6 u = 234
1 u = 234 ÷ 6 = 39
Number of blueberry macarons
= 2 u
= 2 x 39
= 78
Answer(s): 78