Translate the word phrase into a math expression 12 meters longet than his throw

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 ,w, of the contents that liz will ship to her friend if she must use a medium flat-rate box.

Solve for x and y: 217x + 131y = 913; 131x + 217y = 827

Does anyone know how to solve and graph this: 4 + | a + 2 | < 7the only part i don't get is the "4 +"