If the function y = xa − 31 is a linear function, what is the value of a?

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.

2. using calculations based on a perpetual inventory system, determine the inventory balance altira would report in its august 31, 2021, balance sheet and the cost of goods sold it would report in its august 2021 income statement using the average cost method. (round "average cost per unit" to 2 decimal places.)

Answer asap and if you do you will get brainliest. catherine buys a gallon of ice cream from the store. after taking it home, she eats a fifth of a gallon of ice cream. her sister eats some of the ice cream as well. if two-thirds of the original amount of ice cream is left, then what fraction of a gallon of ice cream did her sister eat?