document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186883>Question 1186883</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The ratio of the number of blue sticks to the number of green sticks in a box was<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4:1. When David took out some blue and sticks and replaced them with an equal <BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of green sticks, the ratio of the number of blue sticks to the number of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "green sticks became 3:1. If there were 185 green sticks in the box now,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a)    find the total number of blue and green sticks in the box,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b)    find the number of green sticks in the box at first. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Now according to the given conditions:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/7 = 4/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total number of stickers in the box is: 185<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 185<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 148<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now let n number of blue stickers took from the box.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(148-n)/37+n = 3/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solving this equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of blue stickers = 111<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of green stickers = 148<BR>\n" );
document.write( "740 stickers in total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of green stickers at first = 37 * 4 = 148<BR>\n" );
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