Morgan made christmas cookies. she gave half of them to mrs. wenning. she ate one third of the cookies that were left. then, she gave 8 cookies to her big brother. she left the rest for santa. how many cookies did santa get?

-362

step-by-step explanation:

(12)(4)+2(12)-34(12)+2(12)-3

  \/         \/         \/         \/

  48 +   24 -   408 + 24 - 3

      \   /               \   /

          72     -     432 - 3 = -363

(-5,-28)

i graphed to on desmos.

if a = 1,   and b = 2, then the answer is 47.99999999. if you round that to the nearest whole number, the answer is 48.