The cost of Ella's ticket and snow cone was $5 + $3.50 = $<<5+3.5=8.50>>8.50.
The price Ella actually paid was $8.50 - $6.00 = $<<8.50-6=2.50>>2.50.
The cost of the cotton candy was $12.75 - $2.50 = $<<12.75-2.5=10.25>>10.25. Answer: \boxed{10.25}.
Ella and Margaret were at a carnival. They each got a ticket for the Ferris wheel. Ella got a snow cone, and Margaret got a cotton candy. Ella had a certificate for $6 off the cost. Margaret paid the rest, which came to $12.75. Each Ferris wheel ticket was $5, and a snow cone was $3.50. What was the cost for cotton candy?
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