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 $6616 from selling the staplers. The prices of Brand A, Brand B, and Brand C staplers were in the ratio 7 : 4 : 6. How much money was collected from selling Brand B staplers?
(a)
Number of Brand A staplers sold = 37
Number of Brand B staplers sold = 49
Number of Brand C staplers sold = 62
Total number of staplers sold
= 37 + 49 + 62
= 148
(b)
|
Brand A |
Brand B |
Brand C |
Number |
37 |
49 |
62 |
Price |
7 u |
4 u |
6 u |
Total value |
259 u |
196 u |
372 u |
Total amount of money collected
= 259 u + 196 u + 372 u
= 827 u
827 u = 6616
1 u = 6616 ÷ 827 = 8
Amount collected from selling Brand B staplers
= 196 u
= 196 x 8
= $1568
Answer(s): (a) 148; (b) $1568