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math25brainy

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The answer is 17 combinations... I need help listing the combinations!!! Thanks.
Katie and her friend Jackson went to the grocery store. Jackson bought 3 apples and 4 oranges. Katie bought apples, oranges, and bananas. She bought the same total number of fruits as Jackson. How many possible combinations of fruits could Katie have bought?
 
I think the answer is 3 combinations...
Code:
  aaa bb oo
  aa bbb oo
  aa bb ooo
because she bought a plural amount of all three fruits, meaning two or more!

Allowing a minimum of one, the answer would be 15 not 17.
 
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