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Bakery shops in a city prepare three different varieties of hotcakes, namely, Cornmeal, American and Swedish. The following table shows the total number of hotcakes (three varieties together) sold by four different bakery shops, namely A, B, C and D on Monday along with the number of Cornmeal hotcakes sold and the difference between the number of American hotcakes and Cornmeal hotcakes sold. Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow.
| Bakery-wise Sale Details of Hotcakes on Monday | |||
| Bakery | Total Number of Hotcakes sold | Number of Cornmeal Hotcakes sold | Difference between the number of American and Cornmeal Hotcakes Sold |
| A | 1200 | 320 | 40 |
| B | 1080 | 280 | 120 |
| C | 1000 | 360 | 80 |
| D | 1320 | 420 | 40 |
Note: (1) Total numbers of hotcakes sold = sum of sale of number of Cornmeal, American and Swedish hotcakes
(2) Number of American hotcakes sold is always greater than the number of Cornmeal hotcakes sold
What is the difference between the total number of Cornmeal hotcakes sold by bakery A and bakery D together, and the number of Swedish hotcakes sold by bakery A?
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Download Solution PDFTotal number of cornmeal hotcakes sold by A and D together = 320+420 = 740.
For number of swedish hotcakes sold by A :
American - cornmeal = 40
American hotcakes = 360.
Number of Swedish hotcakes sold = 1200 - 320 - 360 = 520.
Difference = 740 - 520 = 220.