SOLUTION: In each of 2 baskets there were 12 apples. Ania took a certain number of apples from the first basket. Then Hania took from the second basket a number of apples equal to the number

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Question 1070142: In each of 2 baskets there were 12 apples. Ania took a certain number of apples from the first basket. Then Hania took from the second basket a number of apples equal to the number of apples remaining in the first basket. How many apples were left in both baskets together.
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Takes x apples from basket 1; 12-x are left
12-x apples are left and they are taken from basket 2; x are left
12 apples were left, x+(12-x)
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take 4 from basket 1, and 8 are left.
8 apples are taken from basket 2, and 4 are left. The total left=12.