When jimmy and shane went fishing, shane caught 2 more than three times the number of fish that jimmy caught. write an algebraic expression that represents how many fish shane caught.

then use the expression you wrote above to determine how many fish shane caught if jimmy caught 2 fish.

Liz is shipping a package to her friend. the maximum weight of a medium flat-rate box is 20 pounds, including the box which weighs 6 ounces. write and solve an inequality to describe the possible weight in pounds, w, of the contents that liz will ship to her friend if she must use a medium flat-rate box. use the drop-down menus to explain your answer.