*Using Intercepts
A fishing lake was stocked with 300 bass. Each year, the population decreases by 25. The population of bass in the lake after x years is represented by the function f(x)=300-25x
A. Graph the function and find its intercepts
B. What does each intercept represent?

Question

*Using Intercepts
A fishing lake was stocked with 300 bass. Each year, the population decreases by 25. The population of bass in the lake after x years is represented by the function f(x)=300-25x
A. Graph the function and find its intercepts
B. What does each intercept represent?

anonymous · Answer

if x is 0, how many years have passed and how many fish are in the lake?  Is there ever any more fish than this?

if y is 0, how many fish remain in the lake and how far in the future is that?