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In order to put some oranges into some boxes , Sankarbabu found that had he been put 20 oranges more into each box, the number of boxes required would be 3 less than the original number . Again , had he been put 5 orange less into each box, the number of boxes would be 1 more than the original number . Find the number of oranges and the number of boxes which Sankarbabu possessed.

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Sankarbabu possessed 1200 oranges and 15 boxes.
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