Clara bought a box of pushpins she put A on the bulletin board and had 11 left which equation when solved will tell how many pushpins were in the box?

Let ( x ) represent the total number of pushpins in the box. Clara put ( A ) pushpins on the bulletin board, leaving her with 11. The equation that represents this situation is ( x - A = 11 ). To find the total number of pushpins in the box, you can rearrange it to ( x = A + 11 ).