Sara has a gift card for Six Town's Bakery and bought the following items.%0D%0A6 muffins for $0.45 each%0D%0A2 boxes of cookies for $2.70 each%0D%0A1 coffee cake for $3.72%0D%0ASara estimates she has $8.00 left on her gift card. What assumption did Sara use to make her estimate?%0D%0A%0D%0AA. %0D%0AThe gift card started with $7.00.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AB. %0D%0AThe gift card started with $12.00.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AC. %0D%0AThe gift card started with $15.00.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AD. %0D%0AThe gift card started with $20.00.

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C. The gift card started with $15.00.

Sara estimated that she has $8.00 left on her gift card, so she likely started with a round number amount, such as $15.00. This assumption allowed her to easily calculate how much she has spent so far.