Grandma baked 96 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received c fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 8 grandchildren.How many cookies did Cindy receive?Write your answer as an expression.cookies
Q. Grandma baked 96 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received c fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 8 grandchildren.How many cookies did Cindy receive?Write your answer as an expression.cookies
Calculate Cookies per Grandchild: Determine the number of cookies each grandchild would receive if the cookies were divided evenly among the 8 grandchildren.Calculation: 96 cookies ÷8 grandchildren = 12 cookies per grandchild.
Express Cindy's Cookies: Express the number of cookies Cindy received as an expression, taking into account that she received c fewer cookies than the even division.Calculation: Cindy received 12−c cookies.
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