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Before a battle the ratio of tanks to planes in an army was `5 : 3`. During the war 1000 tanks were destroyed and 800 planes were destroyed. The ratio of tanks to planes became `2:1`. What is the number of tanks after the war.

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2000

B

1000

C

3000

D

4000

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