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37 of the pencils in a bag were pink and the rest were silver and blue. 10% of the silver pencils and 40% of the blue pencils were thrown away. There was an equal number of silver and blue pencils left. If there were 576 silver and blue pencils left,
  1. What was the number of pink pencils?
  2. What was the total number of pencils in the bag at first?
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37 of the pencils in a bag were pink and the rest were silver and blue. 10% of the silver pencils and 40% of the blue pencils were thrown away. There was an equal number of silver and blue pencils left. If there were 576 silver and blue pencils left,
  1. What was the number of pink pencils?
  2. What was the total number of pencils in the bag at first?