Question

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?

Answer 1

96/8 - c

Explanation:

96/8 = 12

The average amount of cookies each grandchild would get is 12. However, Cindy gets c less than the average amount. So, it would be 12 - c.

But, it's asking for the original expression. Therefore, the answer would be 96/8 - c.

Answer 2

Number of cookies grandma baked = 96

Number of grandchildren = 8

As cookies were divided equally so each one gets =
`(96)/(8)=12` cookies.

As Cindy gets 'c' cookies less, her equation becomes = 12-c

Cindy receives
`12-c` cookies.

As 'c' is not given, so its put like this - Everyone except Cindy gets 12 cookies and Cindy gets 'c' less than everyone.