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Maddie does not have any pretzels.

Zach gives abbey 8 pretzels. then he splits half the pretzels he has left with Maddie. Zach let's p represent the number of pretzels he starts with. He finds that the number of pretzels maddie has is 1/2 the difference of p and 8.
write an expression to represent the number of pretzels that maddie has.​

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Answer:

(p - 8) / 2 = Maddie's pretzels

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