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A grocer had 40 crates of tomatoes. Each crate contained 124 tomatoes. She threw away 24 rotten tomatoes and repack the rest into bag of 8 tomatoes each. How many bags of tomatoes were there?

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the grocer has 40 crates of tomatoes with 124 tomatoes in each crater
124*40=4960 tomatoes
24 are rotten
4960-24=4936
4936/8=617 bags
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40 * 124 = 4,960

4,960 - 24 = 4,936

4,936 / 8 = 617

There are 617 bags of tomatoes.
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