Question

The graph shows the girth, in cm, of the trunk of an oak tree after different numbers of years:

Line joining ordered pairs 0, 7 and 1, 8.5 and 2, 10 and 3, 11.5 and 4,13 and 5,14.5

What does the y-intercept of the graph represent?

Answer 1

here is the graph

Answer 2

The girth increases by 7 centimeters each year.
The girth increases by 1.5 cm each year.
The original girth was 1.5 cm.
The original girth was 7 centimeters.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

@mathstudent55

Answer 5

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

The y-intercept is (0, 7)
0 means 0 years.
7 means 7 cm of girth.
The meaning of the y-intercept is the girth of the tree was 7 cm at the beginning of the measurements, at time zero. It is the initial measurement.

Answer 9

The answer was D

Answer 10

Correct.