A contractor needs to buy nails to build a house. The nails come in small boxes and large boxes. Each small box has 50 nails and

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A contractor needs to buy nails to build a house. The nails come in small boxes and large boxes. Each small box has 50 nails and

each large box has 400 nails. The contractor bought 3 times as many large boxes as small boxes, which altogether had 2500 nails. Determine the number of small boxes purchased and the number of large boxes purchased.

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2 answers:

Rainbow [258] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-14T23:43:01+03:00

Rainbow [258]3 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

2500/2=1250

1250/400=3.125

1250/50=25

SVETLANKA909090 [29] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-15T02:11:14+03:00

SVETLANKA909090 [29]3 years ago

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Answer:

There were 2 small boxes purchased and 6 large boxes purchased.

Step-by-step explanation: