Why is partitioning a directed line segment into a ratio of 1: 3 not the same as finding the length of the directed line segment?

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.

Katie wants to collect over 100 seashells. she already has 34 seashells in her collection. each day, she finds 12 more seashells on the beach. katie can use fractions of days to find seashells. write an inequality to determine the number of days, dd, it will take katie to collect over 100 seashells.

How much is $1200 worth at the end of1 year,if the interest rate is 5.5% is compounded quarterly.