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A bag had some grey markers and purple markers in the ratio of 3 : 1. Xandra removed 40 grey markers and put another 20 purple markers into the bag. There is now 50% as many grey markers as purple markers in the bag. How many grey markers were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some grey markers and purple markers in the ratio of 3 : 1. Xandra removed 40 grey markers and put another 20 purple markers into the bag. There is now 50% as many grey markers as purple markers in the bag. How many grey markers were in the bag at first?