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Chapter 6: Q37. (page 279)

Estimate A store sells 16 cookies for $11.88. Estimate the cost per cookie. Explain how you made your estimate.

Short Answer

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The cost per cookie is $0.7425.

Step by step solution

01

. Given

Given that the cost of 16 cookies = $11.88.

02

. To determine

We have to find the cost per cookie.

03

. Calculation 

In order to calculate the cost per cookie we will find the unit rate. Given that the cost of 16 cookies is $11.88.

So the cost of one cookie will be:

$11.8816cookies

To find the unit rate we will make the denominator = 1.

$11.88÷1616cookies÷16[Dividenumeratoranddenominatorby16]$0.74251cookie

So, the cost per cookie is $0.7425.

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