Abominable Stew

The Abominable Snowman has a voracious appetite!

He decided to make a big pot of stew to warm him up in the middle of winter. To make it just right, he weighed his ingredients to make sure he had the right amounts.

The Abominable Snowman only cooks with giant-sized vegetables. He weighed a parsnip, a rutabaga, a turnip, and a carrot.

The carrot weight 12 pounds less than the turnip, and the turnip weighed 5 pounds more than the parsnip. The parsnip weighed half as much as the rutabaga. The Abominable Snowman rolled the rutabaga on the scale and it weighed 26 pounds!

How much did the carrot weigh?

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