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A bag had some silver pens and purple pens in the ratio of 3 : 1. Rachel removed 26 silver pens and put another 17 purple pens into the bag. There is now 25% as many silver pens as purple pens in the bag. How many silver pens were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some silver pens and purple pens in the ratio of 3 : 1. Rachel removed 26 silver pens and put another 17 purple pens into the bag. There is now 25% as many silver pens as purple pens in the bag. How many silver pens were in the bag at first?