PSLEA shop sold three brands of notebooks: Brand U, Brand V, and Brand W. The bar graph shows the number of notebooks sold for each brand in one day.
- How many notebooks were sold altogether?
- The shop collected $1850 from selling the notebooks. The prices of Brand U, Brand V, and Brand W notebooks were in the ratio 3 : 1 : 6. How much money was collected from selling Brand V notebooks?
(a)
Number of Brand U notebooks sold = 47
Number of Brand V notebooks sold = 67
Number of Brand W notebooks sold = 27
Total number of notebooks sold
= 47 + 67 + 27
= 141
(b)
|
Brand U |
Brand V |
Brand W |
Number |
47 |
67 |
27 |
Price |
3 u |
1 u |
6 u |
Total value |
141 u |
67 u |
162 u |
Total amount of money collected
= 141 u + 67 u + 162 u
= 370 u
370 u = 1850
1 u = 1850 ÷ 370 = 5
Amount collected from selling Brand V notebooks
= 67 u
= 67 x 5
= $335
Answer(s): (a) 141; (b) $335