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PLEASE HELP PLEASE ASAP HURRY

Bella is baking 38 cookies for the holiday party tonight. She baked 23 before leaving for school and will bake the rest when she returns home.

Which equation shows how many cookies Bella will bake when she returns home?

A. 38 = 23x
B. 23 = x − 38
C.38 = x + 23
D. 38 = x − 23

User Sunyata
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Answer:

C. 38 = x + 23

Explanation:

X represents the amount she still needs to bake for the party.

38 represents the total amount of cookies she needs to bake.

Because she already made 23 cookies, you add to X

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