Kimberly baked apple, cheese and blueberry croissants. There were half as many blueberry croissants as cheese croissants and an equal number of blueberry croissants as apple croissants. The cost of each croissant is given as shown.
1 blueberry croissant: $1.50
1 cheese croissant: $1.30
1 apple croissant: $1.60
If she collected $171 from selling all the croissants, how many cheese croissants were there?
|
Blueberry |
Cheese |
Apple |
Ratio of croissants |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 croissants |
$1.50 |
$1.30 |
$1.60 |
Total Value |
1.5 u |
2.6 u |
1.6 u |
Blueberry croissants : Cheese croissants : Apple croissants
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the croissants
= 1.5 u + 2.6 u + 1.6 u
= 5.7 u
5.7 u = 171
1 u = 171 ÷ 5.7 = 30
Number of cheese croissants
= 2 u
= 2 x 30
= 60
Answer(s): 60