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A silver carton has 3 times as many beads as a yellow carton. Flynn added 5 beads to the silver carton and 7 beads to the yellow carton. If there are 2 times as many beads in the silver carton as the yellow carton, what was the total number of beads in the two cartons before Flynn added the beads?
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A silver carton has 3 times as many beads as a yellow carton. Flynn added 5 beads to the silver carton and 7 beads to the yellow carton. If there are 2 times as many beads in the silver carton as the yellow carton, what was the total number of beads in the two cartons before Flynn added the beads?