Question

tony bought 288 1 inch nails and 5 boxes of 2 inches. each box of 2 inch nails had equal amount of nails in them. he bought a total of 548 nails. find the number of nails in each box of 2 inch nails​

Answer 1

Answer:

each box has 52 in it

Step-by-step explanation:

first you subtract 288 from 548  =260

this is the total number of nails minus the total 1 inch nails

then you divide 260 by 5 because he has five boxes of 2 inch names which means that you have to account for the even number of nails in each box

Answer 2

Answer:

There were 52 2-inch nails in each box.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of nails in each 2 inch box be = x

As Tony bought 288 other nails and 5 boxes of 2 inch nails with a total purchase of 548 nails, we get the following equation;

$288+5x=548$

$=> 5x=548-288$

$=> 5x=260$

x = 52

Hence, there were 52 2-inch nails in each box.