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marie has 12 fruits, of which there were x apples, five fewer oranges than apples, and one pineapple. write an equation that expresses the total amount of fruit that marie has?

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User CBGraham
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x + (x - 5) + 1..................................
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User Jeschafe
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12 fruits = x + (x - 5) + 1
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