Betty baked apple, coffee and pandan croissants. There were one-quarter as many pandan croissants as coffee croissants and an equal number of pandan croissants as apple croissants. The cost of each croissant is given as shown.
1 pandan croissant: $1.50
1 coffee croissant: $1.50
1 apple croissant: $1.30
If she collected $220 from selling all the croissants, how many coffee croissants were there?
|
Pandan |
Coffee |
Apple |
Ratio of croissants |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 croissants |
$1.50 |
$1.50 |
$1.30 |
Total Value |
1.5 u |
6 u |
1.3 u |
Pandan croissants : Coffee croissants : Apple croissants
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the croissants
= 1.5 u + 6 u + 1.3 u
= 8.8 u
8.8 u = 220
1 u = 220 ÷ 8.8 = 25
Number of coffee croissants
= 4 u
= 4 x 25
= 100
Answer(s): 100