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Andre and Sally are playing a number game. Andre tells Sally, "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 20. If I take the number and add 5, and then subtract 3, I get 19." What number is Andre thinking of?

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The answer is 17. 17-3 is 14. 14+5 is 19.
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the answer is 17 hope it helps
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