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Larry has a bowl of raspberries and blackberries. There are 2 more raspberries than blackberries, and there are 34 berries in all. How many raspberries does Larry have?
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Larry has a bowl of raspberries and blackberries. There are 2 more raspberries than blackberries, and there are 34 berries in all. How many raspberries does Larry have?

User Dushyant Bangal
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your equations are:
b+2=r
b+r=34
simplify to get that he has 18 raspberries and 16 blackberries
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