A paper company needs to ship paper to a large printing business. The paper will be shipped in small boxes and large boxes. Each small box of paper weighs 35 pounds and each large box of paper weighs 65 pounds. A total of 22 boxes of paper were shipped weighing 1040 pounds altogether. Determine the number of small boxes shipped and the number of large boxes shipped.

answer: yes, since the line has a steeper rate of change than the exponential the y-values will be greater and they will only intersect one time.

since we know that the two functions are equal, f (x) = g

(x), therefore when we equate the two equations the result should be similar to

3x = x – 4:

a. f(x) = 3x, g(x) = x – 4

equating the two functions:

3x = x – 4             (correct)

so we now got our answer (a)