The bar graph shows the number of tart flavours sold at a shop in a day.
- What percentage of the tarts sold was cranberry tarts? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
- The cost of each tart was the same. The amount of money collected for cheese tarts was $200 less than the amount of money collected for apricot tarts. What was the total amount of money collected from the sale of all the tarts?
(a)
Total number of tarts sold
= 90 + 60 + 25 + 40
= 215
Percentage of the tarts sold that was cheese tarts
=
Cranberry tartsTotal tarts x 100
=
60215 x 100
≈ 27.9%
(b)
Number of less cheese tarts than apricot tarts
= 90 - 40
= 50
Cost of each tart
= 200 ÷ 50
= $4
Total amount collected from the sale of all the tarts
= 215 x 4
= $860
Answer(s): (a) 27.9%; (b) $860