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Some staplers and markers were packed into gold and pink packets. There were 3 more gold packets than pink packets. Each gold carton contained 8 staplers and each pink carton contained 14 markers. Given that there were 24 fewer staplers than markers in total, how much staplers were there?
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Some staplers and markers were packed into gold and pink packets. There were 3 more gold packets than pink packets. Each gold carton contained 8 staplers and each pink carton contained 14 markers. Given that there were 24 fewer staplers than markers in total, how much staplers were there?