Problema Solution

Yesterday your store earned $797.30 just from the sale of cookies. Write and solve an equation that represents how many cookies were sold.

Answer provided by our tutors

Let x = number of cookies sold 

total revenue = $797.30 

cookies cost $1.19 each 

we divide $797.30 by $1.19 

x = 797.30/1.19 

x = 670 

670 cookies were sold.