Gwen baked apple, mocca and cheese wafers. There were one-quarter as many cheese wafers as mocca wafers and an equal number of cheese wafers as apple wafers. The cost of each wafer is given as shown.
1 cheese wafer: $1.60
1 mocca wafer: $1.40
1 apple wafer: $1.70
If she collected $267 from selling all the wafers, how many mocca wafers were there?
|
Cheese |
Mocca |
Apple |
Ratio of wafers |
1 u |
4 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 wafers |
$1.60 |
$1.40 |
$1.70 |
Total Value |
1.6 u |
5.6 u |
1.7 u |
Cheese wafers : Mocca wafers : Apple wafers
1 : 4 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the wafers
= 1.6 u + 5.6 u + 1.7 u
= 8.9 u
8.9 u = 267
1 u = 267 ÷ 8.9 = 30
Number of mocca wafers
= 4 u
= 4 x 30
= 120
Answer(s): 120