Question

In an ice cream shop there is some money in a drawer. After 6 ice creams were sold, there were 70 euros left in the drawer. After a total of 16 ice creams were sold, there were 120 euros left in the drawer. How many euros were there in the drawer at the start?

Answer 1

Answer: There were 40 euros in the drawer at the beginning.

Explanation:

When we subtract 6 from 16, we get 10 more ice-creams were sold.

Similarly, we subtract 70 from 120, we get 50 euros was the total selling price of 10 ice-creams.

i.e. Selling price of 1 ice-cream = (50)÷10 =5 euros

Selling price of 6 ice-creams = 6 x 5 = 30 euros

Money in the drawer at the beginning = 70-30 = 40 euros

Hence, there were 40 euros in the drawer at the beginning.