Jen baked blueberry, mocca and banana macarons. There were one-third as many banana macarons as mocca macarons and an equal number of banana macarons as blueberry macarons. The cost of each macaron is given as shown.
1 banana macaron: $1.80
1 mocca macaron: $1.50
1 blueberry macaron: $1.70
If she collected $272 from selling all the macarons, how many mocca macarons were there?
|
Banana |
Mocca |
Blueberry |
Ratio of macarons |
1 u |
3 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 macarons |
$1.80 |
$1.50 |
$1.70 |
Total Value |
1.8 u |
4.5 u |
1.7 u |
Banana macarons : Mocca macarons : Blueberry macarons
1 : 3 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the macarons
= 1.8 u + 4.5 u + 1.7 u
= 8 u
8 u = 272
1 u = 272 ÷ 8 = 34
Number of mocca macarons
= 3 u
= 3 x 34
= 102
Answer(s): 102