The bar graph shows the number of ice-cream flavours sold at a shop in a day.
- What percentage of the ice-creams sold was banana ice-creams? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
- The cost of each ice-cream was the same. The amount of money collected for cherry ice-creams was $80 more than the amount of money collected for vanilla ice-creams. What was the total amount of money collected from the sale of all the ice-creams?
(a)
Total number of ice-creams sold
= 50 + 50 + 30 + 95
= 225
Percentage of the ice-creams sold that was banana ice-creams
=
Banana ice-creamsTotal ice-creams x 100
=
95225 x 100
≈ 42.2%
(b)
Number of more cherry ice-creams than vanilla ice-creams
= 50 - 30
= 20
Cost of each ice-cream
= 80 ÷ 20
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the ice-creams
= 225 x 4
= $900
Answer(s): (a) 42.2%; (b) $900