The number of shares of treasury stock plus the number of shares outstanding equals the number of shares:

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The number of shares outstanding is the number of shares that have been issued and are currently in the hands of shareholders. The treasury stock is the shares that have been reacquired by the company and are held in its treasury. Therefore, the sum of outstanding shares and treasury shares will give us the total number of issued shares. This means that the correct answer is C - issued. The authorized shares refer to the maximum number of shares that a company is allowed to issue, but they may not have all been issued yet.

The Number of Shares of Treasury Stock Plus the Number