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Sara had 126 dollars to spend on 9 books. After buying them she had 18 dollars. How much did each book cost?

User Wallis
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$12

Since we know she had $18 left over, we can just subtract $18 from $126 to get $108. and now we can just do 108/9 to get 12

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