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Jason is solving a homework problem.

Arianna buys 4 boxes of granola bars. Each box contains 12 granola bars. Arianna eats 8 bars.

Jason writes a numerical expression to represent the situation. His expression, (12- 8) 4, has a mistake.

Complete the explanation of Jason's mistake.
and then subtracted 8 from this

Jason subtracted 8 from 12 when he should have multiplied 12 x
amount.

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

(12 x
- 8=
8=

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Answer:

There are 54 granola bars left.

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