Problem 217. Mutual Aid. During the rebuilding after World War II, we were short of tractors. The machine and tractor stations would lend each other equipment as needed. Three machine and tractor stations were neighbors. The first lent the second and third as many tractors as they each already had. A few months later, the second lent the first and third as many as they each had. Still later, the third lent the first and second as many as they each already had. Each station now had 24 tractors. How many tractors did each station originally have?



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