Question
There were some brown, black and gold staplers in a box. 110 of the staplers were black. The ratio of the number of brown staplers to the number of gold staplers was 4 : 5. There were 264 fewer black staplers than gold staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of brown staplers to the number of black staplers to the number of gold staplers in the box.
  2. How many gold staplers were there?
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There were some brown, black and gold staplers in a box. 110 of the staplers were black. The ratio of the number of brown staplers to the number of gold staplers was 4 : 5. There were 264 fewer black staplers than gold staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of brown staplers to the number of black staplers to the number of gold staplers in the box.
  2. How many gold staplers were there?