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A fruit market received a shipment of apples. The market sold them in bags with 14 apples in each bag. It sold 24 bags of apples by the end of the day. There were 126 apples that were not sold. How many
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A fruit market received a shipment of apples. The market sold them in bags with 14 apples in each bag. It sold 24 bags of apples by the end of the day. There were 126 apples that were not sold.

How many apples were in the shipment?

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There were 33 bags, or 462 apples
User WoeIs
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The answer is 462 apples was in the shipment or 33 bags!
1 bag = 14 apples
24 bags sold = 336 apples

126 apples was not sold = 9 bags

24 bags + 9 bags = 33 bags
33 bags * 14 apples/per bags = 462 apples
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