Question

. A bakery sells 1,230 cakes during a holiday season. One-third of them are caramel cakes, one-half are chocolate cakes, and the remaining are banana cakes. What is the total amount earned by the bakery by selling the cakes during the holiday season?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Given

`Cakes = 1230`

`Caramel = (1)/(3)`

`Chocolate = (1)/(2)`

`Banana = ??`

Required

Determine the total amount earned

The given parameters can't be used to determine the total amount earned.

However, we'll make some assumptions

First, we need to solve for the amount of each cake sold

`Caramel = (1)/(3)`

`Caramel = (1)/(3) * 1230`

`Caramel = 410`

`Chocolate = (1)/(2)`

`Chocolate = (1)/(2) * 1230`

`Chocolate = 615`

`Banana = 1230 - 410 - 615`

`Banana = 205`

Assume that:

Each caramel were sold at x

Each chocolate were sold at y

Each banana were sold at z

`Total\ Amount = 410 * x + 615 * y + 205 * z`

`Total\ Amount = 410x + 615y + 205z`