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If 18 people share a barrel of apples equally,each gets 12 apples.if there had been 6 fewer people,how many apples would each person get ?​

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Answer:

18 apples

Explanation:

If 18 people each get 12 apples, then the total number of apples is 18*12=216.

If there were 6 fewer people, there would 18-6=12 people.

To split the total 216 apples between 12 people, so 216/12=18.

Each person would get 18 apples.

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