Vanessa baked cream, strawberry and pandan croissants. There were one-third as many pandan croissants as strawberry croissants and an equal number of pandan croissants as cream croissants. The cost of each croissant is given as shown.
1 pandan croissant: $1.80
1 strawberry croissant: $1.40
1 cream croissant: $1.10
If she collected $213 from selling all the croissants, how many strawberry croissants were there?
|
Pandan |
Strawberry |
Cream |
Ratio of croissants |
1 u |
3 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 croissants |
$1.80 |
$1.40 |
$1.10 |
Total Value |
1.8 u |
4.2 u |
1.1 u |
Pandan croissants : Strawberry croissants : Cream croissants
1 : 3 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the croissants
= 1.8 u + 4.2 u + 1.1 u
= 7.1 u
7.1 u = 213
1 u = 213 ÷ 7.1 = 30
Number of strawberry croissants
= 3 u
= 3 x 30
= 90
Answer(s): 90