Still three.
2
two apples
If there are three apples in a tree and you take two, then you have the TWO apples that you took.
Three apples minus two apples leaves one apple. 3-2=1
if I have two apples and YOU take 2 how many do YOU have? you have 2.
two apples Three apples. You take three, the other guy has two.
Two because that's how many apples you took. USE YOUR BRAIN!!
you have three
three
You cannot take three apples from two apples. Two apples is less than three. You can only take up to two apples from two apples. There is no such thing as a negative apple.
One apple remains, but you might be thinking of a similar version of that question: "If you take two apples from three apples, how many apples to do you have?" The answer to that question is two.