Joelle baked apple, banana and cheese macarons. There were half as many cheese macarons as banana macarons and an equal number of cheese macarons as apple macarons. The cost of each macaron is given as shown.
1 cheese macaron: $1.60
1 banana macaron: $1.10
1 apple macaron: $1.20
If she collected $295 from selling all the macarons, how many banana macarons were there?
|
Cheese |
Banana |
Apple |
Ratio of macarons |
1 u |
2 u |
1 u |
Cost of 1 macarons |
$1.60 |
$1.10 |
$1.20 |
Total Value |
1.6 u |
2.2 u |
1.2 u |
Cheese macarons : Banana macarons : Apple macarons
1 : 2 : 1
Total amount earned from selling all the macarons
= 1.6 u + 2.2 u + 1.2 u
= 5 u
5 u = 295
1 u = 295 ÷ 5 = 59
Number of banana macarons
= 2 u
= 2 x 59
= 118
Answer(s): 118