Question
There were some purple, grey and brown notebooks in a box. 211 of the notebooks were grey. The ratio of the number of purple notebooks to the number of brown notebooks was 4 : 5. There were 348 fewer grey notebooks than brown notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of purple notebooks to the number of grey notebooks to the number of brown notebooks in the box.
  2. How many brown notebooks were there?
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There were some purple, grey and brown notebooks in a box. 211 of the notebooks were grey. The ratio of the number of purple notebooks to the number of brown notebooks was 4 : 5. There were 348 fewer grey notebooks than brown notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of purple notebooks to the number of grey notebooks to the number of brown notebooks in the box.
  2. How many brown notebooks were there?