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Jaoquin buys 3 dozen lightbulbs. After changing the lightbulbs in his house, he has 15 lightbulbs left. How many lightbulbs did he use?

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In order to find out how many lightbulbs Jaoquin used, we need to subtract the number of lightbulbs he has left from the number he bought.

Jaoquin bought 3 dozen lightbulbs, which is equivalent to 3 x 12 = <<3*12=36>>36 lightbulbs.

He has 15 lightbulbs left.

To find out how many lightbulbs he used, we subtract the number left from the number he bought:

36 - 15 = <<36-15=21>>21

Jaoquin used 21 lightbulbs.