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A container can hold either 60 small boxes or 48 big boxes.
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document.write( " = .  Hence, 1/3 of the container volume is just occupied by the 20 small boxes.\r\n" );
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document.write( " = .  Hence, 1/2 of the container volume is just occupied by the 24 big boxes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Taking the sum, we see that 1/3 + 1/2 = 5/6 of the container volume is just occupied\r\n" );
document.write( "by the 20 small and 24 big boxes; 1/6 of the container volume still remains free.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So,  =  = 8 big boxes can be added to occupy free space.   ANSWER\r\n" );
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