Question
There were some yellow, white and pink staplers in a box. 211 of the staplers were white. The ratio of the number of yellow staplers to the number of pink staplers was 4 : 5. There were 306 fewer white staplers than pink staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of yellow staplers to the number of white staplers to the number of pink staplers in the box.
  2. How many pink staplers were there?
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There were some yellow, white and pink staplers in a box. 211 of the staplers were white. The ratio of the number of yellow staplers to the number of pink staplers was 4 : 5. There were 306 fewer white staplers than pink staplers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of yellow staplers to the number of white staplers to the number of pink staplers in the box.
  2. How many pink staplers were there?