Question

an ice cream shop in hampton sells a variety of different flavors and keeps track of its weekly sales. ice cream sales rocky road 35% strawberry 40% cookies and cream 25% the ice cream shop served 540 scoops. how many more of those scoops were strawberry than cookies and cream? blank scoops

Explanation:

Step1: Find the percentage difference

The percentage of strawberry is 40% and cookies and cream is 25%. The difference in percentage is $40\% - 25\% = 15\%$.

Step2: Calculate the number of scoops

The total number of scoops is 540. To find 15% of 540, we use the formula $\text{Number of scoops} = 540\times\frac{15}{100}$.
First, calculate $540\times0.15 = 81$.

Answer:

81