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A bag had some purple pencils and gold pencils in the ratio of 5 : 1. Tammy removed 30 purple pencils and put another 21 gold pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many purple pencils as gold 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 gold pencils in the ratio of 5 : 1. Tammy removed 30 purple pencils and put another 21 gold pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many purple pencils as gold pencils in the bag. How many purple pencils were in the bag at first?