Question
There were some black, gold and silver pencils in a box. 19 of the pencils were gold. The ratio of the number of black pencils to the number of silver pencils was 3 : 5. There were 272 fewer gold pencils than silver pencils.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of black pencils to the number of gold pencils to the number of silver pencils in the box.
  2. How many silver pencils were there?
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There were some black, gold and silver pencils in a box. 19 of the pencils were gold. The ratio of the number of black pencils to the number of silver pencils was 3 : 5. There were 272 fewer gold pencils than silver pencils.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of black pencils to the number of gold pencils to the number of silver pencils in the box.
  2. How many silver pencils were there?