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A bag had some green pencils and red pencils in the ratio of 5 : 2. Fiona removed 37 green pencils and put another 14 red pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many green pencils as red pencils in the bag. How many green pencils were in the bag at first?
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A bag had some green pencils and red pencils in the ratio of 5 : 2. Fiona removed 37 green pencils and put another 14 red pencils into the bag. There is now 50% as many green pencils as red pencils in the bag. How many green pencils were in the bag at first?