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Question 26

A stationery shop sells red pens and blue pens.

There are red pens sold in packs of 12 blue pens sold in packs of 5

On one day

the number of packs of:the number of packs ofred pens sold:blue pens sold=3:2 \begin{array}{ccc} \text{the number of packs of} & : & \text{the number of packs of} \\ \text{red pens sold} & : & \text{blue pens sold} \end{array} = 3 : 2 the number of packs ofred pens sold​::​the number of packs ofblue pens sold​=3:2

A total of 230 pens were sold.

Work out the number of red pens sold.

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