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Daphane gave away 3 more than half of her apples. she gave away 17 apples in all. how many apples did daphne have originally?

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Well 17-3 gets you 14 which would be half of her apples. 14x2=28 therefore, Daphne originally had 28 apples. She gave away 17 which means she kept 11 for herself
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