Mary baked strawberry, pandan and coffee macarons. There were one-quarter as many coffee macarons as pandan macarons and an equal number of coffee macarons as strawberry macarons. The cost of each macaron is given as shown.
1 coffee macaron: $1.60
1 pandan macaron: $1.30
1 strawberry macaron: $1.70
If she collected $289 from selling all the macarons, how many pandan macarons were there?
|
Coffee |
Pandan |
Strawberry |
Ratio of macarons |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 macarons |
$1.60 |
$1.30 |
$1.70 |
Total Value |
1.6 u |
5.2 u |
1.7 u |
Coffee macarons : Pandan macarons : Strawberry macarons
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the macarons
= 1.6 u + 5.2 u + 1.7 u
= 8.5 u
8.5 u = 289
1 u = 289 ÷ 8.5 = 34
Number of pandan macarons
= 4 u
= 4 x 34
= 136
Answer(s): 136