Question

When dealing with word problems and linear equations, what does the y-intercept represent and how is the slope defined?



a.

y-intercept represents the final value, slope is increasing

c.

y-intercept represents the starting value, slope is the rate of change


b.

y-intercept represents the final value, slope is decreasing

d.

y-intercept represents the starting value, slope is decreasing

Answer 1

What do you think?

Answer 2

B

Answer 3

Do you mean B, or do you mean the 2nd choice? Because your letters B and C are in the wrong order.... lol.

Answer 4

I mean the letter B , but I am not sure

Answer 5

You think y-intercept represents final value, and slope is decreasing?

Answer 6

Suppose the word problem is:

Kerstie buys apples at the store for $2 each. Let y=$ spend on apples and x=# of apples bought. Then the situation is modeled by the line y=2x:

Answer 7

Or maybe the word problem is: a bucket holds 10 gallons of water. There is a whole in the bucket, so water is flowing out of the bucket at a rate of 0.05 gallons per minute. This can be modeled by the equation y=10-0.05x where y=gallons of water left in the bucket and x=time in minutes.

Answer 8

oops, *hole