Question
58 of the pencils in a bag were brown and the rest were purple and yellow. 25% of the purple pencils and 40% of the yellow pencils were thrown away. There was an equal number of purple and yellow pencils left. If there were 240 purple and yellow pencils left,
  1. What was the number of brown pencils?
  2. What was the total number of pencils in the bag at first?
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58 of the pencils in a bag were brown and the rest were purple and yellow. 25% of the purple pencils and 40% of the yellow pencils were thrown away. There was an equal number of purple and yellow pencils left. If there were 240 purple and yellow pencils left,
  1. What was the number of brown pencils?
  2. What was the total number of pencils in the bag at first?