Louis bought 16 cookies at the bakery. He had a coupon for $7 off his entire purchase. He ended up paying $13.32. how much did each cookie originally cost?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-17T23:15:57

Each cookie cost #1.27#

We can form an equation.

Let the price of a cookie be #$x#

He bought #16# cookies and then used a coupon for discount.

#16x -7 = 13.32" "larr# now solve for #x#

#16x = 13.32+7" "larr +7# on both sides

#16x = 20.32" "larr div 16# on both sides

#x= $1.27#