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

each box has 52 in it

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

There were 52 2-inch nails in each box.

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.