A bakery made some beef, chicken and egg puffs. For every 2 beef puffs that were made, 1 egg puff were made. For every 5 beef puffs that were made, 4 chicken puffs were made.
- Find the ratio of the number of beef puffs to chicken puffs to egg puffs made.
- After the bakery made another 74 egg puffs, 25% of the puffs now were egg puffs. How many beef puffs did the bakery make?
(a)
Beef |
Chicken |
Egg |
2x5 |
|
1x5 |
5x2 |
4x2 |
|
10 u |
8 u |
5 u |
Beef : Chicken : Egg
10 : 8 : 5
(b)
|
Beef |
Chicken |
Egg |
Before |
18 u |
5 u |
Change |
No change |
+ 74 |
After |
3x6 = 18 u |
1x6 = 6 u |
Total number of beef and chicken puffs
= 8 u + 10 u
= 18 u
Increase in the number of egg puffs
= 6 u - 5 u
= 1 u
1 u = 74
Number of beef puffs
= 10 u
= 10 x 74
= 740
Answer(s): (a) 10 : 8 : 5 ; (b) 740