Explain what the slope and intercept mean in this situation. The amount of money, `y,` in a cash box after `x` tickets are purchased for carnival games. The slope of the line is `\frac{1}{4}`and the `y`-intercept is `8`.

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.