Hazel baked blueberry, banana and apple cupcakes. There were one-third as many apple cupcakes as banana cupcakes and an equal number of apple cupcakes as blueberry cupcakes. The cost of each cupcake is given as shown.
1 apple cupcake: $1.10
1 banana cupcake: $1.90
1 blueberry cupcake: $1.20
If she collected $232 from selling all the cupcakes, how many banana cupcakes were there?
|
Apple |
Banana |
Blueberry |
Ratio of cupcakes |
1 u |
3 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 cupcakes |
$1.10 |
$1.90 |
$1.20 |
Total Value |
1.1 u |
5.7 u |
1.2 u |
Apple cupcakes : Banana cupcakes : Blueberry cupcakes
1 : 3 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the cupcakes
= 1.1 u + 5.7 u + 1.2 u
= 8 u
8 u = 232
1 u = 232 ÷ 8 = 29
Number of banana cupcakes
= 3 u
= 3 x 29
= 87
Answer(s): 87