Question
There were some red, green and yellow staplers in a box. 112 of the staplers were green. The ratio of the number of red staplers to the number of yellow staplers was 4 : 7. There were 258 fewer green staplers than yellow staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of red staplers to the number of green staplers to the number of yellow staplers in the box.
  2. How many yellow staplers were there?
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There were some red, green and yellow staplers in a box. 112 of the staplers were green. The ratio of the number of red staplers to the number of yellow staplers was 4 : 7. There were 258 fewer green staplers than yellow staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of red staplers to the number of green staplers to the number of yellow staplers in the box.
  2. How many yellow staplers were there?