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UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge, 2015

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

In this partly completed pyramid, each rectangle is to be filled with the sum of the two numbers in the rectangles immediately below it. What number should replace $x$ ?

(A) $3$ (B) $4$ (C) $5$ (D) $7$ (E) $12$

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