Question

Lara created a 15-pound platter of three different types of cookies for a banquet. The peanut butter cookies sell for $2 per pound, the sugar cookies sell for $3 and the chocolate chip cookies sell for $3.60 per pound. The entire platter is worth $40. The quantity of peanut butter cookies was 3 more than chocolate chips. How many pounds of each cookie was there. Answered with a chart.

Answer 1

peanut butter cookies:8

sugar cookies:2

chocolate chip cookies:5

ratio: 4:1:2.5

Explanation:

x=peanut butter cookies

y=sugar cookies

a=chocolate chip cookies

40=2x+3y+3.6a

15=x+y+a

x=a+3

15=(a+3)+y+a

y=12-2a

40=2(a+3)+3(12-2a)+3.6a

a=5

x=8

y=2