Roshel baked pandan, cheese and blueberry macarons. There were half as many blueberry macarons as cheese macarons and an equal number of blueberry macarons as pandan macarons. The cost of each macaron is given as shown.
1 blueberry macaron: $1.80
1 cheese macaron: $1.20
1 pandan macaron: $1.60
If she collected $174 from selling all the macarons, how many cheese macarons were there?
|
Blueberry |
Cheese |
Pandan |
Ratio of macarons |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 macarons |
$1.80 |
$1.20 |
$1.60 |
Total Value |
1.8 u |
2.4 u |
1.6 u |
Blueberry macarons : Cheese macarons : Pandan macarons
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the macarons
= 1.8 u + 2.4 u + 1.6 u
= 5.8 u
5.8 u = 174
1 u = 174 ÷ 5.8 = 30
Number of cheese macarons
= 2 u
= 2 x 30
= 60
Answer(s): 60