SOLUTION: Samantha spent x dollars to buy cookies and distribute it among 4 friends. How much did she spend on each friend? Cookie =2$ I am trying to help my daughter with 5th grade math an

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Question 1066654: Samantha spent x dollars to buy cookies and distribute it among 4 friends. How much did she spend on each friend? Cookie =2$
I am trying to help my daughter with 5th grade math and do not understand!
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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2 dollars per cookie
4 friends

Still 2 dollars for each cookie.
Is this 1 cookie for each friend? Two dollars for each friend.

Did you want to know this "x", total amount spent on the cookies?
x=4%2Afriends%2A2%28dollars%2Ffriend%29
x=8%2Adollars