Question
There were some white, pink and purple staplers in a box. 213 of the staplers were pink. The ratio of the number of white staplers to the number of purple staplers was 4 : 7. There were 315 fewer pink staplers than purple staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of white staplers to the number of pink staplers to the number of purple staplers in the box.
  2. How many purple staplers were there?
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There were some white, pink and purple staplers in a box. 213 of the staplers were pink. The ratio of the number of white staplers to the number of purple staplers was 4 : 7. There were 315 fewer pink staplers than purple staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of white staplers to the number of pink staplers to the number of purple staplers in the box.
  2. How many purple staplers were there?