Question
There were some blue, red and green staplers in a box. 19 of the staplers were red. The ratio of the number of blue staplers to the number of green staplers was 3 : 5. There were 260 fewer red staplers than green staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of blue staplers to the number of red staplers to the number of green staplers in the box.
  2. How many green staplers were there?
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There were some blue, red and green staplers in a box. 19 of the staplers were red. The ratio of the number of blue staplers to the number of green staplers was 3 : 5. There were 260 fewer red staplers than green staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of blue staplers to the number of red staplers to the number of green staplers in the box.
  2. How many green staplers were there?