Question

If a hammer and nail together cost $1.10 and a hammer costs a dollar more than a nail, how much does a nail cost?

Answer 1

Well, If both together cost $1.10 and the hammer is a whole $1 to find the cost of the nail:

1.10-1.00 so a nail is $0.10

Answer 2

Actually, Marissa, the problem statement does not say that the hammer costs $1.00. Rather, the difference between the cost of the hammer and the cost of the nail, then we can write

n (cost of the nail) + (n+$1.00) (cost of the hammer) = $1.10. This does not result in n=$0.10.

@piglet9: Please solve the above equation: n + (n+$1.00) = $1.10 for n.

Answer 3

How much does the hammer cost?

Answer 4

Oh true. Listen to him, I'm delusional