Grandma baked 9 6 96 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received c c fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 8 8 grandchildren. How many cookies did Cindy receive?

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]12-c[/tex]  Cookies


Step-by-step explanation:

If all 96 cookies were evenly divided among 8 people, each would have gotten:

Each person = [tex]\frac{96}{8}=12[/tex] cookies

But Cindy received [tex]c[/tex] fewer than what she should have received (12 cookies). So Cindy got:

[tex]12-c[/tex] cookies