Question
There were some brown, black and gold pens in a box. 111 of the pens were black. The ratio of the number of brown pens to the number of gold pens was 3 : 7. There were 294 fewer black pens than gold pens.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of brown pens to the number of black pens to the number of gold pens in the box.
  2. How many gold pens were there?
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There were some brown, black and gold pens in a box. 111 of the pens were black. The ratio of the number of brown pens to the number of gold pens was 3 : 7. There were 294 fewer black pens than gold pens.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of brown pens to the number of black pens to the number of gold pens in the box.
  2. How many gold pens were there?