Question
There were some brown, black and gold notebooks in a box. 112 of the notebooks were black. The ratio of the number of brown notebooks to the number of gold notebooks was 4 : 7. There were 252 fewer black notebooks than gold notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of brown notebooks to the number of black notebooks to the number of gold notebooks in the box.
  2. How many gold notebooks were there?
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There were some brown, black and gold notebooks in a box. 112 of the notebooks were black. The ratio of the number of brown notebooks to the number of gold notebooks was 4 : 7. There were 252 fewer black notebooks than gold notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of brown notebooks to the number of black notebooks to the number of gold notebooks in the box.
  2. How many gold notebooks were there?