Fanny baked blueberry, durian and cream tarts. There were half as many cream tarts as durian tarts and an equal number of cream tarts as blueberry tarts. The cost of each tart is given as shown.
1 cream tart: $1.10
1 durian tart: $1.10
1 blueberry tart: $1.50
If she collected $240 from selling all the tarts, how many durian tarts were there?
|
Cream |
Durian |
Blueberry |
Ratio of tarts |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 tarts |
$1.10 |
$1.10 |
$1.50 |
Total Value |
1.1 u |
2.2 u |
1.5 u |
Cream tarts : Durian tarts : Blueberry tarts
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the tarts
= 1.1 u + 2.2 u + 1.5 u
= 4.8 u
4.8 u = 240
1 u = 240 ÷ 4.8 = 50
Number of durian tarts
= 2 u
= 2 x 50
= 100
Answer(s): 100