In the context of this series of interconnected finance-related queries and the additional information provided by the pretext, table data, and posttext from a company's financial filings, please provide a response to the final question. This may require extracting information from the context and performing mathematical calculations. Please take into account the information provided in the preceding questions and their answers when formulating your response:
Context: issuer purchases of equity securities the following table provides information about our repurchases of common stock during the three-month period ended december 31 , 2007 . period total number of shares purchased average price paid per total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced program ( a ) maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the program ( b ) . <table class='wikitable'><tr><td>1</td><td>period</td><td>total number ofshares purchased</td><td>average pricepaid pershare</td><td>total number of sharespurchased as part ofpubliclyannouncedprogram ( a )</td><td>maximum number ofshares that may yet bepurchased under theprogram ( b )</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>october</td><td>127100</td><td>$ 108.58</td><td>127100</td><td>35573131</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>november</td><td>1504300</td><td>109.07</td><td>1504300</td><td>34068831</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>december</td><td>1325900</td><td>108.78</td><td>1325900</td><td>32742931</td></tr></table> ( a ) we repurchased a total of 2957300 shares of our common stock during the quarter ended december 31 , 2007 under a share repurchase program that we announced in october 2002 . ( b ) our board of directors has approved a share repurchase program for the repurchase of up to 128 million shares of our common stock from time-to-time , including 20 million shares approved for repurchase by our board of directors in september 2007 . under the program , management has discretion to determine the number and price of the shares to be repurchased , and the timing of any repurchases , in compliance with applicable law and regulation . as of december 31 , 2007 , we had repurchased a total of 95.3 million shares under the program . in 2007 , we did not make any unregistered sales of equity securities. .
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Question: what was the amount of approved share purchases in 2007?
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