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Beth baked chocolate chip cookies, she gave 8 cookies to madex and half of the remaining cookies to John and Joanne. If there were 6 cookies left, how many cookies did Beth bake…

Beth baked chocolate chip cookies, she gave 8 cookies to madex and half of the remaining cookies to John and Joanne. If there were 6 cookies left, how many cookies did Beth bake…
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Beth baked chocolate chip cookies, she gave 8 cookies to madex and half of the remaining cookies to John and Joanne. If there were 6 cookies left, how many cookies did Beth bake? Write and solve and equation

User David Wright
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It would be 20 cookies
User JaredCacurak
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20 cookies because y = 8 + 6(x)

X = 2 since half of the cookies left was 6

6(2) = 12 and 12+8 = 20

So in total she baked 20cookies
User Tianhao Zhou
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