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lisov135 [29]
3 years ago
7

A student solved this problem by working backward.

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svlad2 [7]3 years ago
7 0
He bought 8 oranges. If he had 2x as many pears as he did apples, then that means he has 12 pears and if he bought four more pears then he did oranges (12-4) that means he has 8 oranges.
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