There were some green and blue pens in a box. If 27 green pens were taken out of the box, there would be 1/3 as many blue pens as green pens. If 40 blue pens were added into the box, there would be 1/2 as many blue as green pens. How many pens were there in the box?

There were some green and blue pens in a box. If 27 green pens were taken out of the box, there would be 1/3 as many blue pens as green pens. If 40 blue pens were added into the box, there would be 1/2 as many blue as green pens. How many pens were there 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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