Steven's school is selling chocolate bars to earn money for new band instruments. The school will receive 33% of the total sales; given by the model y = 0.33x; where x represents total sales. What is the meaning of the x-intercept in the model?
A) the x-intercept cannot be determined
B) the x-intercept represents the schools percentage
C) the x-intercept represents the total sales amount when no money was earned
D) the x-intercept represents the amount of money that was earned when the total of the sales was zero

Question

Steven's school is selling chocolate bars to earn money for new band instruments. The school will receive 33% of the total sales; given by the model y = 0.33x; where x represents total sales. What is the meaning of the x-intercept in the model?
A) the x-intercept cannot be determined 
B) the x-intercept represents the schools percentage 
C) the x-intercept represents the total sales amount when no money was earned 
D) the x-intercept represents the amount of money that was earned when the total of the sales was zero

Shadow · Answer

@jordangfjm What do you think the answer is?

Mercury · Answer

very old but will respond so this can be closed

the x-intercept is the value of x when y = 0
x represents the independent variable (total sales) and y represents the dependent variable (commission received from the school)
apply this logic to determine the correct choice