Mary baked mocca, apple and blueberry shortbreads. There were one-quarter as many blueberry shortbreads as apple shortbreads and an equal number of blueberry shortbreads as mocca shortbreads. The cost of each shortbread is given as shown.
1 blueberry shortbread: $1.90
1 apple shortbread: $1.90
1 mocca shortbread: $1.50
If she collected $253 from selling all the shortbreads, how many apple shortbreads were there?
|
Blueberry |
Apple |
Mocca |
Ratio of shortbreads |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 shortbreads |
$1.90 |
$1.90 |
$1.50 |
Total Value |
1.9 u |
7.6 u |
1.5 u |
Blueberry shortbreads : Apple shortbreads : Mocca shortbreads
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the shortbreads
= 1.9 u + 7.6 u + 1.5 u
= 11 u
11 u = 253
1 u = 253 ÷ 11 = 23
Number of apple shortbreads
= 4 u
= 4 x 23
= 92
Answer(s): 92