Lea and chris were collecting eggs from their hen house. when they finished, chris had twice as many eggs as lea. on the way to the house, however, they got to laughing. chris dropped 6 of his eggs and lea dropped 2 of hers, and then they had the same number. how many eggs did lea start with?

Data from 2005 for various age groups show that for each $100 increase in the median weekly income for whites, the median weekly income of blacks increases by $105. also, for workers of ages 25 to 54 the median weekly income for whites was $676 and for blacks was $527. (a) let w represent the median weekly income for whites and b the median weekly income for blacks, and write the equation of the line that gives b as a linear function of w. b = (b) when the median weekly income for whites is $760, what does the equation in (a) predict for the median weekly income for blacks?