Irene baked strawberry, banana and cheese muffins. There were one-quarter as many cheese muffins as banana muffins and an equal number of cheese muffins as strawberry muffins. The cost of each muffin is given as shown.
1 cheese muffin: $1.30
1 banana muffin: $1.10
1 strawberry muffin: $1.40
If she collected $284 from selling all the muffins, how many banana muffins were there?
|
Cheese |
Banana |
Strawberry |
Ratio of muffins |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 muffins |
$1.30 |
$1.10 |
$1.40 |
Total Value |
1.3 u |
4.4 u |
1.4 u |
Cheese muffins : Banana muffins : Strawberry muffins
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the muffins
= 1.3 u + 4.4 u + 1.4 u
= 7.1 u
7.1 u = 284
1 u = 284 ÷ 7.1 = 40
Number of banana muffins
= 4 u
= 4 x 40
= 160
Answer(s): 160