The bar graph shows the number of cookie flavours sold at a shop in a day.
- What percentage of the cookies sold was vanilla cookies? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
- The cost of each cookie was the same. The amount of money collected for apricot cookies was $150 less than the amount of money collected for blueberry cookies. What was the total amount of money collected from the sale of all the cookies?
(a)
Total number of cookies sold
= 35 + 50 + 45 + 80
= 210
Percentage of the cookies sold that was blueberry cookies
=
Vanilla cookiesTotal cookies x 100
=
45210 x 100
≈ 21.4%
(b)
Number of less apricot cookies than blueberry cookies
= 80 - 50
= 30
Cost of each cookie
= 150 ÷ 30
= $5
Total amount collected from the sale of all the cookies
= 210 x 5
= $1050
Answer(s): (a) 21.4%; (b) $1050