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, y y

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

25.45584

the answer for this is 0.25 km. : )