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Twelve less than a number is at most 20

I’ve been trying all day to figure this puzzle out. i need the work for it aswell. it is a factoring polynomials tarsia. the image is below.

Problem number 26 of the rhind papyrus says: find a quantity such that when it is added to of itself the result is a 15. the modern day equation that models this problem is x + x = 15. what is the solution to the equation? x = 10 x = 12 x = 15 x = 30