Question

Tony bought 291 1-inch nails and 5 boxes of 2-inch nails. Each box of 2-inch nails had equal amounts of nails in them. He bought a total of 626 nails. Find the number of nails in each box of 2-inch nails.

A.
67
B.
97
C.
335

Answer 1

Each box of two inch nails contained 67 nails

Explanation:

Givens

291 one inch nails

5 boxes of 2 inch nails

Total number of nails = 626 nails

Formula

291 + 5*two = 626 Two is the number of 2" nails in one box

Solution

291 + 5*two = 626 Subtract 291 from both sides.

5*two = 626 -291 Combine

5*two = 335 Divide both sides by 5

5*two/5 = 335/5

two = 67