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

- There are 3 pens in each pack of black pens.
- There are 5 pens in each pack of red pens.
- There are 6 pens in each pack of green pens.

On Monday, the ratio of packs sold was:
black pens : red pens : green pens = 7 : 2 : 4

A total of 220 pens were sold.

Work out the number of green pens sold.

Your final line must say, "... green pens were sold."



Answer :

Let's start by breaking down the information given in the problem:

1. Number of pens per pack:
- Each pack of black pens contains 3 pens.
- Each pack of red pens contains 5 pens.
- Each pack of green pens contains 6 pens.

2. Ratio of packs sold:
- The ratio of black pen packs sold to red pen packs sold to green pen packs sold is given as 7:2:4.

3. Total number of pens sold:
- A total of 220 pens were sold.

Next, let's determine how many packs of each type were sold based on the given ratio:

- The total parts of the ratio are [tex]\(7 + 2 + 4 = 13\)[/tex].

Now, to find out how many packs were sold in total, we can divide the total number of pens sold (220) by the number of pens per pack for the combined ratio:

[tex]\[ \begin{aligned} \text{Total parts sold} &= \left(7 \times 3\right) + \left(2 \times 5\right) + \left(4 \times 6\right) \\ &= 21 + 10 + 24 \\ &= 55 \text{ pens (per unit ratio)} \end{aligned} \][/tex]

Now, we know that the total number of pens (220) corresponds to these 55 ratio parts. To find out the number of packs sold overall, we use:

[tex]\[ \text{Total packs sold} = \frac{220}{55} = 4 \][/tex]

Since the packs sold follow the ratio 7:2:4, we can calculate the number of green pen packs sold:

[tex]\[ \text{Number of green pen packs sold} = 4 \times 4 = 16 \][/tex]

Finally, since each pack of green pens contains 6 pens:

[tex]\[ \text{Number of green pens sold} = 16 \times 6 = 96 \][/tex]

Hence, 96 green pens were sold.

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