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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

When Ria and Flora compared the amounts of money in their savings accounts, they found that their savings were in the ratio $5:3$ . Then Ria took 160 euros from her savings to buy a tablet. The ratio of their savings then changed to $3:5$ . How many euros did Ria have before buying the tablet?

(A) $192$ (B) $200$ (C) $250$ (D) $400$ (E) $420$

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