document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=187480>Question 187480</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me with this problem and how you got to the answer.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A carpenter goes to a hardware store to buy a specific number of pounds of nails for his business.  The first store he enters sells his favorite-sized nails at nine cents per pound.  At this price, the carpenter realizes that he would be short $7.15 if he tried to buy the nails.  The carpenter goes to a competing hardware store and finds the nails sell for six cents per pound.  He realizes that after paying for the nails, he would have $2.45 left over.  How many pounds of nails is he trying to buy?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks :) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #140518 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=140518\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A carpenter goes to a hardware store to buy a specific number of pounds of nails for his business.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let # of pounds be \"x\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The first store he enters sells his favorite-sized nails at nine cents per pound. At this price, the carpenter realizes that he would be short $7.15 if he tried to buy the nails.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let \"y\" be the money he has.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x = y + 715<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The carpenter goes to a competing hardware store and finds the nails sell for six cents per pound. He realizes that after paying for the nails, he would have $2.45 left over.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = y -245<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many pounds of nails is he trying to buy?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange the equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= 9x - 715<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 6x + 245<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute to solve for \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x - 715 = 6x + 245<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x= 960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 320 lbs (# of pounds he is trying to buy)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. <BR>\n" );
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