Cathy baked blueberry, coffee and mocca croissants. There were half as many mocca croissants as coffee croissants and an equal number of mocca croissants as blueberry croissants. The cost of each croissant is given as shown.
1 mocca croissant: $1.30
1 coffee croissant: $1.20
1 blueberry croissant: $1.30
If she collected $175 from selling all the croissants, how many coffee croissants were there?
|
Mocca |
Coffee |
Blueberry |
Ratio of croissants |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 croissants |
$1.30 |
$1.20 |
$1.30 |
Total Value |
1.3 u |
2.4 u |
1.3 u |
Mocca croissants : Coffee croissants : Blueberry croissants
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the croissants
= 1.3 u + 2.4 u + 1.3 u
= 5 u
5 u = 175
1 u = 175 ÷ 5 = 35
Number of coffee croissants
= 2 u
= 2 x 35
= 70
Answer(s): 70