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A bag had some yellow crayons and silver crayons in the ratio of 3 : 1. Lucy removed 39 yellow crayons and put another 17 silver crayons into the bag. There is now 50% as many yellow crayons as silver crayons in the bag. How many yellow crayons were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some yellow crayons and silver crayons in the ratio of 3 : 1. Lucy removed 39 yellow crayons and put another 17 silver crayons into the bag. There is now 50% as many yellow crayons as silver crayons in the bag. How many yellow crayons were in the bag at first?