Jose Rivera purchased 7 textbooks for his classes at River Run Community College. The total cost of the texts was $208.55. What is the average cost per textbook (round answer to the nearest cent) ?

In the question, there are certain information's that are of immense importance in regards to finding the answer. The first information is that Jose Rivera had purchased 7 textbooks for his classes at River Run Community College. The price that Jose Rivera had to pay was $208.55. The average cost per textbook needs to be found.

The cost of 7 textbooks purchased by Jose Rivera = 208.55 dollars

Then

The cost of 1 textbook purchased by Jose Rivera = (208.55/7) dollars

= 29.79 dollars

The average cost of a textbook purchased by Jose Rivera rounded to the nearest cent is 29.80 dollars.