Larry works across town, 24 miles from his home. On a map with a scale of 2 inches equals 3 miles, what is the distance between his home and work?

Four individuals pool money together to start a new business and agree to split the profits equally. n invests $6,000, x invests $2,000, y invests $8,000 and z invests $4,000. if the profits for the first month were $100,000, y receives than if the profits were divided in proportion to how much they invested.