A merchant selling sunglasses can place 8 large boxes or 10 small boxes into a carton for shipping. In one shipment he sent a total of 124 boxes of sunglasses. If there are more large boxes than smaller boxes, how many cartons did he ship?

Answer:64 large boxes and 60 small boxes.Step-by-step explanation:Here we must use the concept of multiples. A multiple of a number result of the multiplication of that number by an integer. For instance, 2, 4, 6, 8 are multiples of 2. The following chart shows our statement:[tex]\begin{array}{cccccccccc}Number\,of\,boxes & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9\\Large & 8 & 16 & 24 & 32 & 40 & 48 & 56 & 64 & 72\\Small & 10 & 20 & 30 & 40 & 50 & 60 & 70 & 80 & 90\end{array}[/tex]So we need to choose the number of small and large boxes such that the sum is 124 boxes of sunglasses and the number of large boxes is greater than the number of small boxes. From the table, the correct solution is:64 large boxes and 60 small boxes because 64 + 60 = 124 and 64 > 60