Fiona baked apple, cream and pandan croissants. There were one-fifth as many pandan croissants as cream croissants and an equal number of pandan croissants as apple croissants. The cost of each croissant is given as shown.
1 pandan croissant: $1.80
1 cream croissant: $1.80
1 apple croissant: $1.10
If she collected $238 from selling all the croissants, how many cream croissants were there?
|
Pandan |
Cream |
Apple |
Ratio of croissants |
1 u |
5 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 croissants |
$1.80 |
$1.80 |
$1.10 |
Total Value |
1.8 u |
9 u |
1.1 u |
Pandan croissants : Cream croissants : Apple croissants
1 : 5 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the croissants
= 1.8 u + 9 u + 1.1 u
= 11.9 u
11.9 u = 238
1 u = 238 ÷ 11.9 = 20
Number of cream croissants
= 5 u
= 5 x 20
= 100
Answer(s): 100