The bar graph shows the number of muffin flavours sold at a shop in a day.
- What percentage of the muffins sold was cherry muffins? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
- The cost of each muffin was the same. The amount of money collected for cranberry muffins was $120 more than the amount of money collected for cheese muffins. What was the total amount of money collected from the sale of all the muffins?
(a)
Total number of muffins sold
= 55 + 65 + 95 + 25
= 240
Percentage of the muffins sold that was cherry muffins
=
Apricot muffinsTotal muffins x 100
=
55240 x 100
≈ 22.9%
(b)
Number of more cranberry muffins than cheese muffins
= 95 - 65
= 30
Cost of each muffin
= 120 ÷ 30
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the muffins
= 240 x 4
= $960
Answer(s): (a) 22.9%; (b) $960