The bar graph shows the number of shortbread flavours sold at a shop in a day.
- What percentage of the shortbreads sold was blueberry shortbreads? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
- The cost of each shortbread was the same. The amount of money collected for vanilla shortbreads was $60 less than the amount of money collected for cheese shortbreads. What was the total amount of money collected from the sale of all the shortbreads?
(a)
Total number of shortbreads sold
= 50 + 25 + 40 + 55
= 170
Percentage of the shortbreads sold that was cheese shortbreads
=
Blueberry shortbreadsTotal shortbreads x 100
=
40170 x 100
≈ 23.5%
(b)
Number of less vanilla shortbreads than cheese shortbreads
= 55 - 25
= 30
Cost of each shortbread
= 60 ÷ 30
= $2
Total amount collected from the sale of all the shortbreads
= 170 x 2
= $340
Answer(s): (a) 23.5%; (b) $340