the pep club is going to sell bouquets of flowers during the homecoming game. they represent their revenue R and costs C with the following equations.
R = 5.50x C=250+1.25x x is the number of bouquets

What is the y intercept for each equation? What information does it represent in this Context?

Question

the pep club is going to sell bouquets of flowers during the homecoming game. they represent their revenue R and costs C with the following equations.
R = 5.50x   C=250+1.25x   x is the number of bouquets

What is the y intercept for each equation? What information does it represent in this Context?

anonymous · Answer

The y intercept can be found when you set x to zero.
For the R equation, setting x as 0 would give you 0.
For the C equation, setting x as 0 would give you 250.
This tells you how much revenue/cost you start with before you sell a single bouquet.
More specifically, this means that you have made $0, and that you begin with a $250 deficit.