Every week Annie plants 2 saplings in her garden. The function below shows the total number of saplings f(w) in her garden after w weeks:

f(w) = 2w + 3

Which statement best describes the y-intercept of the graph of the function?

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Every week Annie plants 2 saplings in her garden. The function below shows the total number of saplings f(w) in her garden after w weeks:

f(w) = 2w + 3

Which statement best describes the y-intercept of the graph of the function?

anonymous · Answer

It is equal to 3 and represents the original number of saplings in Annie's garden.
 It is equal to 2 and represents the original number of saplings in Annie's garden.

anonymous · Answer

It is equal to 3 and represents the number of saplings in Annie's garden at the end of the first week.
 It is equal to 5 and represents the number of saplings in Annie's garden at the end of the first week.

anonymous · Answer

help?

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