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Anna baked 3 batches of cookies with c cookies in each batch. She then ate 8 cookies!

How many cookies does Anna have left?

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Answer:

Anna has 3c-8 cookies.

Explanation:

Having a c number of cookies baked 3 times, she had 3c cookies.

By eating 8 she reduced the 3c number by 8, being left with 3c-8 cookies.

As you are not given a system of equations, it is impossible to work out c.

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