Henry is building bookshelves to sell at a furniture store. first, he built 10 small bookshelves and 1 large bookshelf, using a total of 412 nails. later, he built 10 small bookshelves and 8 large bookshelves, using a total of 776 nails. how many nails does henry use to build the shelves?

Henry uses 36 nails in large bookshelves and 52 nails in small bookshelves.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let in each large bookshelves Henry uses x nails and in each small bookshelves, Henry uses y nails.

Now, he built 10 small bookshelves and 1 large bookshelf, using a total of 412 nails.

So, 10x + y = 412 (1)  

Again, he built 10 small bookshelves and 8 large bookshelves, using a total of 776 nails.

So, 10x + 8y = 776 (2)

Now, subtracting equation (1) from equation (2) we get, 7y = 364

⇒ y = 52

Again, from equation (1) we get, 10x = 412 - 52 = 360

⇒ x = 36

Therefore, Henry uses 36 nails in large bookshelves and 52 nails in small bookshelves. (Answer)

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step-by-step explanation:

it's the only multiple of both and the least

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