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Question 1172094: Mrs. Ramos sold twice as many butter cookies as chocolate chip cookies and
twice as many chocolate chip cookies as coconut cookies. Each cookie was sold
for P8. Each box of 6 cookies was sold for P45. If she sold 80 chocolate chip
cookies, how much did Mrs. Ramos earn from the sale of all the cookies?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by ikleyn(52824) About Me  (Show Source):
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is not a workable problem!

She sold exactly 80 chocolate chip cookies, 160 butter cookies, and 
40 coconut cookies, a total of 80+160+40=280 cookies. 

It's possible that she did not sell any boxes of 6 cookies at all, and
sold all 280 cookies separately for P8 each.  That way she would take in 
280 x P8 = P2240.  That's the most she could have taken in.

But it's also possible that she sold 

1. 46 boxes of 6 cookies at P45, earning 46 x P45 = P2070. That
   would amount to 46 x 6 = 276 cookies sold, which is all but 4 cookies.

plus

2. The remaining 4 cookies at P8 each.  That would be 4 x P8 = P32

The total earning in that case would be P2070 + P32 = P2102.

That would be the least amount of money she could have taken in.

There are many other possibilities, but the least amount possible is P2102 and
the most amount possible is P2240.  You left out some part of the problem.
Always be careful to post the entire problem.

Edwin