There were some snowflakes at first. It snowed an additional 4 snowflakes every 5 minutes. If there were 58 snowflakes after 1 hour, how many snowflakes were there at first? Let's think first. Chain of thought:
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There are 60 / 5 = 12 5 - minute intervals in 1 hour. 12 * 4 = 48 snowflakes fell in 1 hour. There were 58 - 48 = 10 snowflakes at first.
Therefore, the answer is 10.
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