Question

Maddie does not have any pretzels.

Zach gives Abbey 8 pretzels. Then he splits half of the pretzels he has left with Maddie.
Zach lets p represent the number of pretzels he starts with. He finds that the number of pretzels that Maddie has is the difference of p and 8.
Write an expression to represent the number of pretzels that Maddie has
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Answer 1

so zach starts with x

he gives abbey 8

x - 8

now he has x - 8 pretzels

he gives half of x - 8 to maddie

0.5x - 4 = how many maddie has at the end

x - 8 = 0.5x - 4

2x - 16 = x - 8

x = 8