Question

A contractor needs to buy nails to build a house. The nails come in small boxes and

large boxes. Each small box has 200 nails and each large box has 400 nails. The
contractor bought twice as many small boxes as large boxes, which altogether had
3200 nails. Graphically solve a system of equations in order to determine the number
of small boxes purchased, x, and the number of large boxes purchased, y.

Answer 1

Here is your system of equations:

200x + 400y = 3200

y = 2x

Now plug into your calculator to see the graph.

Where the lines cross each other is the point that shows the solution.