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54. A food drive collected two different types of canned goods, green beans and kidney beans. The total number of collected cans was 350 and the total weight of all donated food was 348 1b, 12 oz. If the green bean cans weigh 2 oz less than the kidney bean cans, how many of each can was donated?
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