Josh is saving up for a box of cookies. To raise the money, he is going to make bracelets and sell them. It costs $1 for supplies for each bracelet and he sells each one for $1.5. If he makes 12 bracelets and after buying the cookies still has $3, how much did the box of cookies cost?
Step-by-step reasoning:
3
He makes $.

5 profit on each bracelet because 1.

5 - 1 =.

5.

He earns $6 because 12 x.

5 = 6.

The cookies cost $3 because 6 - 3 = 3.

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The answer: 3