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Fred bought a box of wooden popsicle sticks so that he could make a jewelry box for his mom. He used $58$ popsicle sticks to make the jewelry box. Fred has $34$ popsicle sticks left.$\newline$Let $p$ represent how many popsicle sticks were in the box to start. Which equation models the problem?$\newline$Choices:$\newline$(A) $58 + p = 34$$\newline$(B) $p - 58 = 34$$\newline$Solve this equation to find how many popsicle sticks were in the box to start.$\newline$____ popsicle sticks