Answer:
[tex]12-c[/tex] Cookies
Step-by-step explanation:
If all 96 cookies were evenly divided among 8 people, each would have gotten:
Each person = [tex]\frac{96}{8}=12[/tex] cookies
But Cindy received [tex]c[/tex] fewer than what she should have received (12 cookies). So Cindy got:
[tex]12-c[/tex] cookies