Kiko baked a batch of cookies. She ate 3 cookies and then gave half of the remaining cookies to her friends. If c represents the number of cookies that Kiko baked, which expression shows the number of cookies she gave to her friends?

(c - 3) / 2 = x

Step-by-step explanation:

If c represents the cookies, then you remove 3 because she ate 3 of the cookies. Since half of the remainder of the cookies were given to her friend, you must divide the product of c - 3, by 2. The reason for the parenthesis is so that it overrules PEMDAS, as parenthesis goes before division.

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

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