Question

A paper company needs to ship paper to a large printing business. The paper will be shipped in small boxes and large boxes. The volume of each small box is 8 cubic feet and the volume of each large box is 16 cubic feet. A total of 15 boxes of paper were shipped with a combined volume of 160 cubic feet. Graphically solve a system of equations in order to determine the number of small boxes shipped, x,x, and the number of large boxes shipped, yy.

Answer 1

small boxes= 15

large boxes = 5

Step-by-step explanation:

let the number of large boxes be denoted as

Then the number of small boxes is 3 time that of large boxes, i.e.

If the total volume of all boxes is 235 cubic feet,

Then, we can form the following relationship (equation)

17*x+10*(3x)=235

x=5

Therefore the number of large boxes is 5

and that of small boxes is

3*5=15

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