Erika baked cream, strawberry and pandan muffins. There were one-quarter as many pandan muffins as strawberry muffins and an equal number of pandan muffins as cream muffins. The cost of each muffin is given as shown.
1 pandan muffin: $1.60
1 strawberry muffin: $1.60
1 cream muffin: $1.40
If she collected $141 from selling all the muffins, how many strawberry muffins were there?
|
Pandan |
Strawberry |
Cream |
Ratio of muffins |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 muffins |
$1.60 |
$1.60 |
$1.40 |
Total Value |
1.6 u |
6.4 u |
1.4 u |
Pandan muffins : Strawberry muffins : Cream muffins
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the muffins
= 1.6 u + 6.4 u + 1.4 u
= 9.4 u
9.4 u = 141
1 u = 141 ÷ 9.4 = 15
Number of strawberry muffins
= 4 u
= 4 x 15
= 60
Answer(s): 60