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\n" ); 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. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let the volume of a small box be S cubic units.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let the volume of a big box be B cubic units.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then the volume of the container is 60S = 48B cubic units.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let x be the number of big boxes more the container can still hold.\r\n" );
document.write( "The container already contains 20S+24B cubic units.\r\n" );
document.write( "The container can hold x*B more cubic units.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide through by B\r\n" );
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document.write( "So it'll hold 8 more big boxes.\r\n" );
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