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Question 9

A hardware store sells small nails and large nails.

There are small nails sold in packs of 10 large nails sold in packs of 3

On one day

the number of packs of:the number of packs ofsmall nails sold:large nails sold=2:7 \begin{array}{ccc} \text{the number of packs of} & : & \text{the number of packs of} \\ \text{small nails sold} & : & \text{large nails sold} \end{array} = 2 : 7 the number of packs ofsmall nails sold​::​the number of packs oflarge nails sold​=2:7

A total of 246 nails were sold.

Work out the number of small nails sold.

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