Question
There were some silver, blue and red files in a box. 211 of the files were blue. The ratio of the number of silver files to the number of red files was 4 : 5. There were 348 fewer blue files than red files.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of silver files to the number of blue files to the number of red files in the box.
  2. How many red files were there?
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There were some silver, blue and red files in a box. 211 of the files were blue. The ratio of the number of silver files to the number of red files was 4 : 5. There were 348 fewer blue files than red files.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of silver files to the number of blue files to the number of red files in the box.
  2. How many red files were there?