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The boy was practicing shooting at the basket. Out of the first 12 attempts, he missed 9 times. He was successful in all other attempts except a single penultimate throw. He thus achieved exactly half the success rate (he hit the basket in half of the attempts). How many times did the boy shoot the basket?
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