Question

. Fatima bought a bag of apples at the grocery store. She gave half of the apples to Salma. Then she gave Maha 5 apples, keeping 3 apples for herself. How many apples did Fatima buy?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Call the amount of apples Fatima bought as x.

She gave half of the apple to Salma -> x : 2

Then she gave Maha 5 apples -> x : 2 - 5

She is left with 3 apples, so we have the equation x : 2 - 5 = 3

Solve for x :
x = (3+5) x 2 = 16.