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? now solve your equation to find the value of c, the number of cookies on each plate to start. you can solve on paper or you can choose to show your work below. then, enter your answer on zearn. 6(c - 1) = 48 c = \boxed{}

Explanation:

Step1: Divide both sides by 6

$\frac{6(c-1)}{6} = \frac{48}{6}$
Simplifies to: $c - 1 = 8$

Step2: Add 1 to both sides

$c - 1 + 1 = 8 + 1$
Simplifies to: $c = 9$

Answer:

$c = 9$