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A bag had some purple pencils and white pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Wendy removed 40 purple pencils and put another 20 white pencils into the bag. There is now 25% as many purple pencils as white pencils in the bag. How many purple pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some purple pencils and white pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Wendy removed 40 purple pencils and put another 20 white pencils into the bag. There is now 25% as many purple pencils as white pencils in the bag. How many purple pencils were in the bag at first?