Pretty sure it is independent <span />
I think you mean nullification. It was the idea that individual states could nullify federal laws if they felt like it.
1/8 of 16048 is 128384. I got this by dividing 1/8 first which is 0.125 and then divided 16048 into .125
D. She alluded to her husbands affair by the use of the word spree.