Question

Ebony tracked her shopping habits on a graph. If x represents the day and y represents how much money she spent, which scenario would result in the graph having an x-intercept?

Ebony bought two model cars for $14.99 each.

Ebony spent $2 on gum, then found $5 in the parking lot.

Ebony used a gift card to purchase a new soccer ball.

Ebony borrowed $10 from her friend to buy a bike rack.

Answer 1

normally on day 0 (at the very start of the day) before the stores are open, you would expect to have spend 0 dollars. If you graph this point it will be at 0,0

You want something like 0, x where x is how much money has been spent

there is only one option where Ebony has already spent money on day 0

Answer 2

zero slope means horizantal

Answer 3

yes, zero slope means horizontal

but you want
which scenario would result in the graph having an x-intercept?

Answer 4

oh ok thx