The bar graph shows the number of muffin flavours sold at a shop in a day.
- What percentage of the muffins sold was chocolate chip muffins? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
- The cost of each muffin was the same. The amount of money collected for vanilla muffins was $160 more than the amount of money collected for apricot muffins. What was the total amount of money collected from the sale of all the muffins?
(a)
Total number of muffins sold
= 85 + 30 + 70 + 95
= 280
Percentage of the muffins sold that was chocolate chip muffins
=
Cheese muffinsTotal muffins x 100
=
85280 x 100
≈ 30.4%
(b)
Number of more vanilla muffins than apricot muffins
= 70 - 30
= 40
Cost of each muffin
= 160 ÷ 40
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the muffins
= 280 x 4
= $1120
Answer(s): (a) 30.4%; (b) $1120