Hilda baked pandan, strawberry and cheese puffs. There were one-quarter as many cheese puffs as strawberry puffs and an equal number of cheese puffs as pandan puffs. The cost of each puff is given as shown.
1 cheese puff: $1.60
1 strawberry puff: $1.20
1 pandan puff: $1.60
If she collected $168 from selling all the puffs, how many strawberry puffs were there?
|
Cheese |
Strawberry |
Pandan |
Ratio of puffs |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 puffs |
$1.60 |
$1.20 |
$1.60 |
Total Value |
1.6 u |
4.8 u |
1.6 u |
Cheese puffs : Strawberry puffs : Pandan puffs
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the puffs
= 1.6 u + 4.8 u + 1.6 u
= 8 u
8 u = 168
1 u = 168 ÷ 8 = 21
Number of strawberry puffs
= 4 u
= 4 x 21
= 84
Answer(s): 84