Question

ronald has 6 plates of cookies and each plate has the same amount of cookies, c, on it. he takes one cookie off of each plate to give to his friends and now there are 48 cookies on the plates. how many cookies were on each plate to start? write an equation to represent the scenario. 48 c - 1 c - 1 c - 1 c - 1 c - 1 c - 1 1 plate

Explanation:

Step1: Define total post-removal cookies

There are 6 plates, each with $c-1$ cookies, totaling 48.
$$6(c - 1) = 48$$

Step2: Solve for $c$: divide both sides by 6

$$c - 1 = \frac{48}{6}$$
$$c - 1 = 8$$

Step3: Isolate $c$: add 1 to both sides

$$c = 8 + 1$$
$$c = 9$$

Answer:

Equation: $6(c - 1) = 48$
Number of initial cookies per plate: $9$