Xuan baked mocca, blueberry and cream croissants. There were one-third as many cream croissants as blueberry croissants and an equal number of cream croissants as mocca croissants. The cost of each croissant is given as shown.
1 cream croissant: $1.60
1 blueberry croissant: $1.40
1 mocca croissant: $1.20
If she collected $238 from selling all the croissants, how many blueberry croissants were there?
|
Cream |
Blueberry |
Mocca |
Ratio of croissants |
1 u |
3 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 croissants |
$1.60 |
$1.40 |
$1.20 |
Total Value |
1.6 u |
4.2 u |
1.2 u |
Cream croissants : Blueberry croissants : Mocca croissants
1 : 3 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the croissants
= 1.6 u + 4.2 u + 1.2 u
= 7 u
7 u = 238
1 u = 238 ÷ 7 = 34
Number of blueberry croissants
= 3 u
= 3 x 34
= 102
Answer(s): 102