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document.write( "A container can hold either 60 small boxes or 48 big boxes. If there are already 20 small and 24 big boxes in the container how many more big boxes can the container still hold. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The fraction of the container that is filled by the 20 small boxes already in the container is 20/60 = 1/3, so 2/3 of the container is to be filled by the big boxes.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The container can hold 48 big boxes; 2/3 of 48 is 32.  So for the container to be filled, there must be 32 big boxes along with the 20 small boxes.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The container currently holds 24 big boxes; the number of additional big boxes needed to fill the container is 32-24 = 8.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 8<br><BR>\n" );
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