Rael and Perry have some grey staplers and some gold staplers. The number of gold staplers Rael has is equal to the number of grey staplers Perry has. ³₄ of Rael's staplers are grey and ¹₃ of Perry's staplers are gold. There are a total of 56 grey staplers. Find the total number of staplers they have.

Rael		Perry		Total
Grey	Gold	Grey	Gold
	1x2	1x2
3x2	1x2	2x1	1x1
6 u	2 u	2 u	1 u	11 u

The number of Rael's gold staplers and Perry's grey staplers is the same.

The number of Rael's gold staplers is repeated. The number of Perry's grey staplers is repeated.  Make the number of Rael's gold staplers and Perry's grey staplers the same.  LCM of 1 and 4 is 2.

Number of grey staplers
= 6 u + 2 u
= 8 u

8 u = 56

1 u = 56 ÷ 8 = 7

Total number of staplers
= 6 u + 2 u + 2 u + 1 u
= 11 u
= 11 x 7
= 77

Answer(s): 77