Question
There were some black, gold and silver staplers in a box. 112 of the staplers were gold. The ratio of the number of black staplers to the number of silver staplers was 4 : 7. There were 294 fewer gold staplers than silver staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of black staplers to the number of gold staplers to the number of silver staplers in the box.
  2. How many silver staplers were there?
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There were some black, gold and silver staplers in a box. 112 of the staplers were gold. The ratio of the number of black staplers to the number of silver staplers was 4 : 7. There were 294 fewer gold staplers than silver staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of black staplers to the number of gold staplers to the number of silver staplers in the box.
  2. How many silver staplers were there?