Zen deposited some money in a savings account. The graph below shows the value of Zen's investment y, in dollars, after x months:

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anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

What does the y intercept of the graph represent?

A) Rate of interest offered to Zen

B) Final value of Zen's investment

C) Total number of months for which Zen invested the money

D) Amount of money Zen deposited in the savings account

anonymous · Answer

I thought it was B but someone else said D so I don't know ://

anonymous · Answer

Anybody that can help?

imstuck · Answer

It represents the amount of money he started with.  If you notice, the y intercept is some number, but the x, which represents the time, at this point is 0.  That means that at x = 0, which is the starting time for his deposit, he had y amount of money.

anonymous · Answer

So it would be D :) Thank you so much, hun!!

imstuck · Answer

You're welcome!  TY for the medal!