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There are 12 cartons of peaches. Each carton has k number of peaches in it. How many peaches are there in all?

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The answer is 12k


Because you do not know how many peaches are in each carton so you use k to represent it. Meaning 12 times whatever number k is will give you how many peaches are in all.
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