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A teacher was given a bushel of apples to split amongst her students. Before splitting up the apples, the teacher took 2 for herself. She then split the apples evenly among her 18 students, and each student received 3 apples.

How many apples did the bushel contain?

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Answer:

56

Explanation:

18x3=54

54+2(which she took) =56

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