) There were 8 roses in a vase on the dining room table. If your mom cut more roses from the garden to add to the vase and there are now 16 roses in the vase, how many roses did your mom cut from the garden?

Question

Choose the correct equation to solve the problem and the answer. (4 point)
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4 points
8 - x = 16 and x = 24 roses from the graden
8 x = 80 and x = 8 roses from the garden
8 + x = 16 and x= 8 roses from the garden

Answer 1

To solve the problem, we need to determine how many roses your mom cut from the garden to reach a total of 16 roses in the vase when there were initially 8 roses.

The correct equation is: \[ 8 + x = 16 \]

Here, \( x \) represents the number of roses your mom cut from the garden.

Now, we can solve for \( x \):

1. Subtract 8 from both sides: \[ x = 16 - 8 \] \[ x = 8 \]

So, your mom cut 8 roses from the garden.

The correct choice is: 8 + x = 16 and x = 8 roses from the garden.