Question
There were some black, gold and silver notebooks in a box. 213 of the notebooks were gold. The ratio of the number of black notebooks to the number of silver notebooks was 4 : 7. There were 255 fewer gold notebooks than silver notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of black notebooks to the number of gold notebooks to the number of silver notebooks in the box.
  2. How many silver notebooks were there?
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There were some black, gold and silver notebooks in a box. 213 of the notebooks were gold. The ratio of the number of black notebooks to the number of silver notebooks was 4 : 7. There were 255 fewer gold notebooks than silver notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of black notebooks to the number of gold notebooks to the number of silver notebooks in the box.
  2. How many silver notebooks were there?