Hilda baked mocca, coffee and banana cookies. There were half as many banana cookies as coffee cookies and an equal number of banana cookies as mocca cookies. The cost of each cookie is given as shown.
1 banana cookie: $1.60
1 coffee cookie: $1.30
1 mocca cookie: $1.50
If she collected $228 from selling all the cookies, how many coffee cookies were there?
|
Banana |
Coffee |
Mocca |
Ratio of cookies |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 cookies |
$1.60 |
$1.30 |
$1.50 |
Total Value |
1.6 u |
2.6 u |
1.5 u |
Banana cookies : Coffee cookies : Mocca cookies
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the cookies
= 1.6 u + 2.6 u + 1.5 u
= 5.7 u
5.7 u = 228
1 u = 228 ÷ 5.7 = 40
Number of coffee cookies
= 2 u
= 2 x 40
= 80
Answer(s): 80