Chinese Remainder Theorem with form I have not seen

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One of my professors gave out a practice exam for a Discrete Mathematics test, and I'm having a little trouble with this problem:

"Use the Chinese Remainder's Theorem to find ALL solutions to the system of congruence:

xmod 17 = 5

xmod12 = 3"

I've only ever seen Chinese Remainder Theorem questions set up as:

"x = amod(m1)

x = bmod(m2) "

So I'm a little confused on how to solve the question in the way he gave it. ie:

"xmod(m1) = a

xmod(m2) = b"

Thanks in advance!