Question

OPEN RESPONSE: Marisa drank one cup of milk and ate x small vanilla cookies for a snack. The linear equation below represents y, the total number of calories in Marisa's snack.

y= 12x + 120

a. what is the y-intercept represented by this equation?
b.explain what the y-intercept tells us about Marisa's snack.
c. what is the slop of the line represented by this equation?
d.explain what is the slope tells us about Marisa's snack.
e. if Marisa eats 9 small vanilla cookies, what is the total number of calories in her snack? show or explain how you got answer?

i already answered a

Answer 1

B. I'm not sure.
C. you would use slope intercept form which is y=mx+b.
So, "m" is the slope, which is 12. So divide 12 by 120.