Question
There were some silver, blue and red notebooks in a box. 211 of the notebooks were blue. The ratio of the number of silver notebooks to the number of red notebooks was 4 : 5. There were 324 fewer blue notebooks than red notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of silver notebooks to the number of blue notebooks to the number of red notebooks in the box.
  2. How many red notebooks were there?
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There were some silver, blue and red notebooks in a box. 211 of the notebooks were blue. The ratio of the number of silver notebooks to the number of red notebooks was 4 : 5. There were 324 fewer blue notebooks than red notebooks.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of silver notebooks to the number of blue notebooks to the number of red notebooks in the box.
  2. How many red notebooks were there?