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A bag had some gold crayons and purple crayons in the ratio of 7 : 1. Gwen removed 31 gold crayons and put another 16 purple crayons into the bag. There is now 50% as many gold crayons as purple crayons in the bag. How many gold crayons were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some gold crayons and purple crayons in the ratio of 7 : 1. Gwen removed 31 gold crayons and put another 16 purple crayons into the bag. There is now 50% as many gold crayons as purple crayons in the bag. How many gold crayons were in the bag at first?