Question 1047330
Hi
there were some pears in box a and b. When 1/3 of the pears from a were taken out, a 
nd 5/9 were taken out from b there was an equal number of pears in both boxes. If 84 pears were
taken out, how many were in both boxes at the start.

Thanks
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