Wendy baked blueberry, strawberry and banana scones. There were one-fifth as many banana scones as strawberry scones and an equal number of banana scones as blueberry scones. The cost of each scone is given as shown.
1 banana scone: $1.20
1 strawberry scone: $1.70
1 blueberry scone: $1.70
If she collected $228 from selling all the scones, how many strawberry scones were there?
|
Banana |
Strawberry |
Blueberry |
Ratio of scones |
1 u |
5 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 scones |
$1.20 |
$1.70 |
$1.70 |
Total Value |
1.2 u |
8.5 u |
1.7 u |
Banana scones : Strawberry scones : Blueberry scones
1 : 5 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the scones
= 1.2 u + 8.5 u + 1.7 u
= 11.4 u
11.4 u = 228
1 u = 228 ÷ 11.4 = 20
Number of strawberry scones
= 5 u
= 5 x 20
= 100
Answer(s): 100