Larry is shipping nails that weigh a total of 53 pounds. He divides the nails equally among 4 shipping boxes. How many pounds of nails does he put in each box?

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asked Dec 21, 2016 6.8k views

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Pax Beach · Answer 1 · 2016-12-27T02:40:12+0000

Given

larry is shipping nails that weigh a total of 53 pounds.

He divides the nails equally among 4 shipping boxes

Find out How many pounds of nails does he put in each box.

To proof

As given in the question

shipping nails total weigh = 53 pound

He divides the nails equally among 4 shipping boxes.

$each\ shipping\ box\ weigh = (53)/(4)$

weigh of each shipping box = 13.25 pound

Hence proved