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A bag had some silver pencils and purple pencils in the ratio of 5 : 2. Min removed 27 silver pencils and put another 18 purple pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many silver pencils as purple pencils in the bag. How many silver pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some silver pencils and purple pencils in the ratio of 5 : 2. Min removed 27 silver pencils and put another 18 purple pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many silver pencils as purple pencils in the bag. How many silver pencils were in the bag at first?