PSLEA shop sold three brands of staplers: Brand A, Brand B, and Brand C. The bar graph shows the number of staplers sold for each brand in one day.
- How many staplers were sold altogether?
- The shop collected $3028 from selling the staplers. The prices of Brand A, Brand B, and Brand C staplers were in the ratio 7 : 2 : 5. How much money was collected from selling Brand B staplers?
(a)
Number of Brand A staplers sold = 43
Number of Brand B staplers sold = 53
Number of Brand C staplers sold = 70
Total number of staplers sold
= 43 + 53 + 70
= 166
(b)
|
Brand A |
Brand B |
Brand C |
Number |
43 |
53 |
70 |
Price |
7 u |
2 u |
5 u |
Total value |
301 u |
106 u |
350 u |
Total amount of money collected
= 301 u + 106 u + 350 u
= 757 u
757 u = 3028
1 u = 3028 ÷ 757 = 4
Amount collected from selling Brand B staplers
= 106 u
= 106 x 4
= $424
Answer(s): (a) 166; (b) $424