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A bag had some blue pencils and purple pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Sabrina removed 36 blue pencils and put another 16 purple pencils into the bag. There is now 25% as many blue pencils as purple pencils in the bag. How many blue pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some blue pencils and purple pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Sabrina removed 36 blue pencils and put another 16 purple pencils into the bag. There is now 25% as many blue pencils as purple pencils in the bag. How many blue pencils were in the bag at first?