12% of the pencils in a box are red. The number of red pencils is 1/3 of the number of blue pencils. The number of red pencils is 25% of the number of green pencils. The remaining ones are purple pencils. If there are 200 purple pencils, how many pencils are in the box?

12% of the pencils in a box are red. The number of red pencils is 1/3 of the number of blue pencils. The number of red pencils is 25% of the number of green pencils. The remaining ones are purple pencils. If there are 200 purple pencils, how many pencils are in the box?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

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