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Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Peter the penguin likes catching fish. On Monday, he realised that if he had caught three times as many fish as he actually did, he would have had $24$ more fish. How many fish did Peter catch?

(A) $12$ (B) $10$ (C) $9$ (D) $8$ (E) $6$

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