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A bag had some blue pencils and silver pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Natalie removed 31 blue pencils and put another 18 silver pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many blue pencils as silver pencils in the bag. How many blue pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some blue pencils and silver pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Natalie removed 31 blue pencils and put another 18 silver pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many blue pencils as silver pencils in the bag. How many blue pencils were in the bag at first?