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Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

At the start of the day I had three times as many apples as pears. By the end of the day, after eating five apples but no pears, I had twice as many pears as apples. How many pieces of fruit did I have at the start of the day?

(A) $4$ (B) $8$ (C) $12$ (D) $16$ (E) $20$

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