1. Get a warm-up with the following Evaluate each expression for the given value of x. Do these without the aid of a calculator to practice your mental arithmetic. X-8 (a) 3x -8 for x=5 (b) 5(x+7)-1 for x=-3 +5 for x = 4 4

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.