There are 106-8d common nails in one pound. How many are in 50 pound box

Well, let's do a little math here. If there are 106-8d common nails in one pound, then the number of nails in a 50-pound box would be... wait a minute, what's a "d" doing in there? Did someone lose their way from the alphabet? Anyway, I'm going to need a little more information to give you an accurate answer. How many nails are in a "d"?

To find out how many common nails are in a 50-pound box, we need to use the given information that there are 106-8d common nails in one pound. We will multiply this by the weight of the box.

Let's start by calculating how many common nails are in one 1-pound:

1 pound = 106-8d common nails

Now, we can multiply this by 50 pounds (the weight of the box) to find the total number of common nails:

50 pounds * (106-8d common nails/pound) = (50 * 106-8d) common nails

Therefore, there are (50 * 106-8d) common nails in a 50-pound box.

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jjb

well 50 lbs is 50 times a much as 1 lb, so expect 50 times as many nails.