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A bag had some grey pencils and black pencils in the ratio of 3 : 1. Olivia removed 36 grey pencils and put another 17 black pencils into the bag. There is now 10% as many grey pencils as black pencils in the bag. How many grey pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some grey pencils and black pencils in the ratio of 3 : 1. Olivia removed 36 grey pencils and put another 17 black pencils into the bag. There is now 10% as many grey pencils as black pencils in the bag. How many grey pencils were in the bag at first?