Question:
The ratio of the number of ten-cent coins to the number of twenty-cent coins in a purse was 3 : 5. When 60 twenty-cent coins were removed, there were an equal number of ten-cent coins and twenty-cent coins. How many ten-cent coins where there in the purse at first?
Solution:
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