Victoria baked cream, strawberry and apple scones. There were one-third as many apple scones as strawberry scones and an equal number of apple scones as cream scones. The cost of each scone is given as shown.
1 apple scone: $1.10
1 strawberry scone: $1.90
1 cream scone: $1.30
If she collected $243 from selling all the scones, how many strawberry scones were there?
|
Apple |
Strawberry |
Cream |
Ratio of scones |
1 u |
3 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 scones |
$1.10 |
$1.90 |
$1.30 |
Total Value |
1.1 u |
5.7 u |
1.3 u |
Apple scones : Strawberry scones : Cream scones
1 : 3 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the scones
= 1.1 u + 5.7 u + 1.3 u
= 8.1 u
8.1 u = 243
1 u = 243 ÷ 8.1 = 30
Number of strawberry scones
= 3 u
= 3 x 30
= 90
Answer(s): 90