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With your writing coach, solve the following problem:

Jess bought x bananas, then she bought 5 tomatoes. She has 12 pieces of produce in all. How many bananas did she buy? Solve for x.

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x + 5 = 12 \\ x = 12 - 5 \\ x = 7

she brought 7 bananas

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