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A bag had some red pencils and silver pencils in the ratio of 7 : 2. Marion removed 34 red pencils and put another 16 silver pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many red pencils as silver pencils in the bag. How many red pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some red pencils and silver pencils in the ratio of 7 : 2. Marion removed 34 red pencils and put another 16 silver pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many red pencils as silver pencils in the bag. How many red pencils were in the bag at first?