Irene baked pandan, cream and apple cupcakes. There were one-quarter as many apple cupcakes as cream cupcakes and an equal number of apple cupcakes as pandan cupcakes. The cost of each cupcake is given as shown.
1 apple cupcake: $1.90
1 cream cupcake: $1.70
1 pandan cupcake: $1.80
If she collected $168 from selling all the cupcakes, how many cream cupcakes were there?
|
Apple |
Cream |
Pandan |
Ratio of cupcakes |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 cupcakes |
$1.90 |
$1.70 |
$1.80 |
Total Value |
1.9 u |
6.8 u |
1.8 u |
Apple cupcakes : Cream cupcakes : Pandan cupcakes
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the cupcakes
= 1.9 u + 6.8 u + 1.8 u
= 10.5 u
10.5 u = 168
1 u = 168 ÷ 10.5 = 16
Number of cream cupcakes
= 4 u
= 4 x 16
= 64
Answer(s): 64