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Denzel is baking cookies. He bakes 12 cookies on each cookie sheet. The expression 12x describes this situation. What does the x represent? ​

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Answer:

How many cookie sheets he has

Explanation:

Since there are 12 cookies per cookie sheet,

the x would represent the amount of cookie sheets he has

So,

if we were to have 2 cookie sheets

12 cookies x 2 cookie sheets = 24 cookies

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