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Grandma baked 969696 cookies and gave them to her grandchildren. One of the grandchildren, Cindy, received ccc fewer cookies than she would have received had all of the cookies been evenly divided among the 888 grandchildren.

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Answer:

Answer:

96/8 - c

Step-by-step 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.

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