Question
There were some blue, red and green pencils in a box. 19 of the pencils were red. The ratio of the number of blue pencils to the number of green pencils was 3 : 5. There were 288 fewer red pencils than green pencils.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of blue pencils to the number of red pencils to the number of green pencils in the box.
  2. How many green pencils were there?
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There were some blue, red and green pencils in a box. 19 of the pencils were red. The ratio of the number of blue pencils to the number of green pencils was 3 : 5. There were 288 fewer red pencils than green pencils.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of blue pencils to the number of red pencils to the number of green pencils in the box.
  2. How many green pencils were there?