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Some pens and markers were packed into silver and purple packets. There were 3 more silver packets than purple packets. Each silver carton contained 8 pens and each purple carton contained 15 markers. Given that there were 18 fewer pens than markers in total, how much pens were there?
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Some pens and markers were packed into silver and purple packets. There were 3 more silver packets than purple packets. Each silver carton contained 8 pens and each purple carton contained 15 markers. Given that there were 18 fewer pens than markers in total, how much pens were there?