Xuan baked durian, apple and cream cupcakes. There were one-third as many cream cupcakes as apple cupcakes and an equal number of cream cupcakes as durian cupcakes. The cost of each cupcake is given as shown.
1 cream cupcake: $1.20
1 apple cupcake: $1.90
1 durian cupcake: $1.60
If she collected $238 from selling all the cupcakes, how many apple cupcakes were there?
|
Cream |
Apple |
Durian |
Ratio of cupcakes |
1 u |
3 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 cupcakes |
$1.20 |
$1.90 |
$1.60 |
Total Value |
1.2 u |
5.7 u |
1.6 u |
Cream cupcakes : Apple cupcakes : Durian cupcakes
1 : 3 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the cupcakes
= 1.2 u + 5.7 u + 1.6 u
= 8.5 u
8.5 u = 238
1 u = 238 ÷ 8.5 = 28
Number of apple cupcakes
= 3 u
= 3 x 28
= 84
Answer(s): 84