Question
There were some purple, grey and brown staplers in a box. 111 of the staplers were grey. The ratio of the number of purple staplers to the number of brown staplers was 3 : 7. There were 252 fewer grey staplers than brown staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of purple staplers to the number of grey staplers to the number of brown staplers in the box.
  2. How many brown staplers were there?
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There were some purple, grey and brown staplers in a box. 111 of the staplers were grey. The ratio of the number of purple staplers to the number of brown staplers was 3 : 7. There were 252 fewer grey staplers than brown staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of purple staplers to the number of grey staplers to the number of brown staplers in the box.
  2. How many brown staplers were there?