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A bag had some purple pens and white pens in the ratio of 3 : 2. Elyse removed 29 purple pens and put another 14 white pens into the bag. There is now 50% as many purple pens as white pens in the bag. How many purple pens were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some purple pens and white pens in the ratio of 3 : 2. Elyse removed 29 purple pens and put another 14 white pens into the bag. There is now 50% as many purple pens as white pens in the bag. How many purple pens were in the bag at first?