Two boxes of tissues are similar in shape and size the larger tissue box is changed by scale factor of 0.5 to create the smaller tissue box what are the measurements of the smaller tissue box

Problem number 26 of the rhind papyrus says: find a quantity such that when it is added to of itself the result is a 15. the modern day equation that models this problem is x + x = 15. what is the solution to the equation? x = 10 x = 12 x = 15 x = 30