Tammy baked banana, cream and coffee muffins. There were one-fifth as many coffee muffins as cream muffins and an equal number of coffee muffins as banana muffins. The cost of each muffin is given as shown.
1 coffee muffin: $1.40
1 cream muffin: $1.90
1 banana muffin: $1.10
If she collected $300 from selling all the muffins, how many cream muffins were there?
|
Coffee |
Cream |
Banana |
Ratio of muffins |
1 u |
5 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 muffins |
$1.40 |
$1.90 |
$1.10 |
Total Value |
1.4 u |
9.5 u |
1.1 u |
Coffee muffins : Cream muffins : Banana muffins
1 : 5 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the muffins
= 1.4 u + 9.5 u + 1.1 u
= 12 u
12 u = 300
1 u = 300 ÷ 12 = 25
Number of cream muffins
= 5 u
= 5 x 25
= 125
Answer(s): 125