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A bag had some gold pencils and black pencils in the ratio of 5 : 2. Olivia removed 35 gold pencils and put another 10 black pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many gold pencils as black pencils in the bag. How many gold pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some gold pencils and black pencils in the ratio of 5 : 2. Olivia removed 35 gold pencils and put another 10 black pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many gold pencils as black pencils in the bag. How many gold pencils were in the bag at first?