SOLUTION: A large box holds twice as many nails as a medium box, which holds twice as many nails as a small box. If, 3150 nails are used to fill one box of each size, how many nails are in
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Question 895317: A large box holds twice as many nails as a medium box, which holds twice as many nails as a small box. If, 3150 nails are used to fill one box of each size, how many nails are in each box?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A large box holds twice as many nails as a medium box, which holds twice as many nails as a small box. If, 3150 nails are used to fill one box of each size, how many nails are in each box?
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Let the amt in a small box be "x".
Then median has "2x"
And large box has "4x"
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Equation:
x + 2x + 4x = 3150
7x = 3150
x = 450 (# in small box)
2x = 900 (# in median box)
4x = 1800 (# in large box)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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