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A bag had some purple pencils and silver pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Olivia removed 34 purple pencils and put another 12 silver pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many purple pencils as silver 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 silver pencils in the ratio of 3 : 2. Olivia removed 34 purple pencils and put another 12 silver pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many purple pencils as silver pencils in the bag. How many purple pencils were in the bag at first?