In a container, there are candy canes of 3 colours, purple, white and red. There are 210 more white candy canes than red candy canes. The number of red candy canes is ¹₄ more than the purple candy canes. Given that the number of red candy canes is 25% of the total number of candy canes in the container, how many more white candy canes are there than purple candy canes?

Purple candy canes	White candy canes	Red candy canes
	1 u + 210	1 u
4x5		5x5
75%		25%
20%	55%	25%

1 + ¹₄ = ⁴₄ + ¹₄ = ⁵₄

Yellow candy canes : Purple candy canes = 4 : 5

The number of red candy canes is repeated.  Make the number of red candy canes the same.

5 x 5 = 25%

Total number of purple candy canes and white candy canes in percent
= 100% - 25%
= 75%

Number of white candy canes in percent
= 75% - 20%
= 55%

Number of more white candy canes than red candy canes in percent
= 55% - 20%
= 30%

30% = 210

1% = 210 ÷ 30 = 7

Number of more white candy canes than purple candy canes
= 55% - 20%
= 35%
= 35 x 7
= 245

Answer(s): 245