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A merchant can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes in a carton.
Each shipment is one full carton. He sent 96 boxes total in 11 cartons. How many small boxes?
Answer
20 small (and 76 large)
Explanation
Let small = s, large = l. (s+l=96) and (s/10 + l/8 = 11) ⇒ (l=56,\ s=40). 40 small boxes (not 20).
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