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An apple orchard is selling baskets of Macintosh and Delicious apples. The orchard has 8 times as many baskets of Macintosh apples as Delicious apples. The orchard has a total of 153 baskets of apples.
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An apple orchard is selling baskets of Macintosh and Delicious apples. The orchard has 8 times as many baskets of Macintosh apples as Delicious apples. The orchard has a total of 153 baskets of apples. How many baskets of each type are there?

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8m=d
m+d=153
d=153-m
8m=153-m
9m=153
m=17
8*17=d
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