Let x represent the total number of cookies Amelia baked. According to the problem, she was able to give 5 cookies each to 8 friends. This can be represented as 5 * 8 = 40 cookies. Since she gave all the cookies away without having any left over, the equation is:
x = 40
6. Amelia baked some cookies. She was able to give 5 cookies each to 8 friends without having any cookies left over. How could you set up this problem as an algebraic equation to find out how many cookies Amelia baked in total?(1 point)Responses
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