Question

A shop sells packs of black pens, packs of red pens and packs of green pens.

There are
2pens in each pack of black pens
5 pens in each pack of red pens
6 pens in each pack of green pens
On Monday,

number of packs
of black pens sold:
number of packs of red pens sold: number of packs of green pens sold =7:3:4
A total of 212 pens were sold.
Work out the number of green pens sold.

Answer 1

Answer:96 green pens

7x ,3x,4x

assume that the black pens amd red pens and green pens are sold respictely

7x.2+3x.5+4x.6=212

53x=212

x=4

number of green pens sold

4x.6=4x4x6=96