A bakery made some lotus paste, chocolate and beef croissants. For every 2 lotus paste croissants that were made, 1 beef croissant were made. For every 8 lotus paste croissants that were made, 7 chocolate croissants were made.
- Find the ratio of the number of lotus paste croissants to chocolate croissants to beef croissants made.
- After the bakery made another 46 beef croissants, 25% of the croissants now were beef croissants. How many lotus paste croissants did the bakery make?
(a)
Lotus Paste |
Chocolate |
Beef |
2x4 |
|
1x4 |
8x1 |
7x1 |
|
8 u |
7 u |
4 u |
Lotus Paste : Chocolate : Beef
8 : 7 : 4
(b)
|
Lotus Paste |
Chocolate |
Beef |
Before |
15 u |
4 u |
Change |
No change |
+ 46 |
After |
3x5 = 15 u |
1x5 = 5 u |
Total number of lotus paste and chocolate croissants
= 7 u + 8 u
= 15 u
Increase in the number of beef croissants
= 5 u - 4 u
= 1 u
1 u = 46
Number of lotus paste croissants
= 8 u
= 8 x 46
= 368
Answer(s): (a) 8 : 7 : 4 ; (b) 368