Hazel baked apple, blueberry and coffee muffins. There were half as many coffee muffins as blueberry muffins and an equal number of coffee muffins as apple muffins. The cost of each muffin is given as shown.
1 coffee muffin: $1.40
1 blueberry muffin: $1.20
1 apple muffin: $1.20
If she collected $230 from selling all the muffins, how many blueberry muffins were there?
|
Coffee |
Blueberry |
Apple |
Ratio of muffins |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 muffins |
$1.40 |
$1.20 |
$1.20 |
Total Value |
1.4 u |
2.4 u |
1.2 u |
Coffee muffins : Blueberry muffins : Apple muffins
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the muffins
= 1.4 u + 2.4 u + 1.2 u
= 5 u
5 u = 230
1 u = 230 ÷ 5 = 46
Number of blueberry muffins
= 2 u
= 2 x 46
= 92
Answer(s): 92