You have the three you took, plus any others you had before you took those three.
There are two apples left in the basket where there were five only a moment earlier.
You will have three apples.
Still three.
You have three apples, still. Nice try!
I think you have three because there are five apples and YOU take away three. How many do YOU have? 3.
2
two apples
If there five apples and I took three then I would have three.
3
you have three
Three apples minus two apples leaves one apple. 3-2=1
Three
three