First Year:40 apples

Second Year:8+2(40)=88 apples

Third year:88-88/4=<<88-88/4=66>>66 apples

Total 40+88+66=<<40+88+66=194>>194 apples

# Answer

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An apple tree produces 40 apples in its first year.  The second year the apple tree produces 8 more than double the amount of apples that it produced the first year, and the third year production went down by a fourth due to an insect infestation.  How many apples did the tree produce in total in the first three years?
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An apple tree produces 40 apples in its first year.  The second year the apple tree produces 8 more than double the amount of apples that it produced the first year, and the third year production went down by a fourth due to an insect infestation.  How many apples did the tree produce in total in the first three years?
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