<human>:  There are 12 bananas and 4 apples in the blue basket. The red basket holds half as many fruits as the blue basket. How many fruits are in the red basket?
<bot>: How many fruits are in the blue basket? ** In the blue basket, there are 12 bananas + 4 apples = <<12+4=16>>16 fruits.
How many fruits are in the red basket? ** The red basket holds half of this so there are 16 fruits in the blue basket / 2 = <<16/2=8>>8 fruits in the red basket.
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