Question

Sheryl has a basket of ripe apples and peaches. The number of apples in the basket is 12 more than twice the number of peaches. If there are 36 apples in the basket, there are (Your answer here ) peaches in the basket

Answer 1

Take the total number of apples (36) and subtract 12, which equals 24. Then take 24 and divide it by two. There is 12 peaches in the basket