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A bag had some white pencils and black pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Jean removed 32 white pencils and put another 12 black pencils into the bag. There is now 25% as many white pencils as black pencils in the bag. How many white pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some white pencils and black pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Jean removed 32 white pencils and put another 12 black pencils into the bag. There is now 25% as many white pencils as black pencils in the bag. How many white pencils were in the bag at first?