Give the step-by-step reasoning process and then the final answer. 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?
First Year:40 apples. Second Year:8 + 2(40) = 88 apples. Third year:88 - 88 / 4 = 66 apples. Total 40 + 88 + 66 = 194 apples.
The final answer: 194.