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A bag had some gold pencils and purple pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Zoe removed 32 gold pencils and put another 16 purple pencils into the bag. There is now 10% as many gold pencils as purple pencils in the bag. How many gold pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some gold pencils and purple pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Zoe removed 32 gold pencils and put another 16 purple pencils into the bag. There is now 10% as many gold pencils as purple pencils in the bag. How many gold pencils were in the bag at first?