Before class, Mike ate one sixth of the cookies in his bag, and then he ate one half of the cookies remaining, and then later on the bus, he ate 6 more cookies. If there were 48 cookies in the bag, how many did Mike eat?
A) 34 cookies
B) 14 cookies
C) 38 cookies
D) 47 cookies

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Mike initially had 48 cookies. He ate 1/6 of them, which is 8 cookies (48/6). This left him with 40 cookies. He then ate 1/2 of the remaining cookies, which is 20 cookies (40/2). Finally, he ate 6 more cookies on the bus. In total, Mike ate 8 + 20 + 6 = 34 cookies.

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