Students at Mendel Middle School are planning a fair for their school's fundraiser. Liam volunteers to help plan the event. The first month, he volunteered for x hours. The next month, he volunteered for 1 2/3 times as many hours as he had the first month. If he volunteered for a total of 40 hours, how many hours did he volunteer during the first month? Write an equation to represent the situation and solve.

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?