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Jason is solving a homework problem.

Arianna buys 6 boxes of granola bars. Each box contains 11 granola bars. Arianna eats 8 bars.

Jason writes a numerical expression to represent the situation. His expression, (11 − 8) × 6, has a mistake.

Complete the explanation of Jason's mistake.

Jason subtracted 8 from 11 when he should have multiplied 11 ×
and then subtracted 8 from this amount.

Enter an expression to show how many granola bars are left, and then solve it.

(11 ×
) − 8 =
− 8 =

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Answer: (11x6) -8

Step-by-step explanation: Since there are 11 bars in each of 6 boxes, there is 66 bars, since she eats 8 there a 5re8 granola bars left, so the actual expression would be (11x6) - 8.

Hope this helps! :)

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