Given four functions, which one will have the smallest y-intercept? (1 point) f(x) g(x) h(x) j(x) Blake is tracking his savings account with an interest rate of 5% and a original deposit of $6. x g(x) 0 2 1 6 2 10 the function h of x equals 4 to the x power, plus 3 j(x) = 10(2)x f(x) g(x) h(x) j(x)
the y-intercept is the value of y when x = 0 for g(x), look at the table and see what the value of g(x) is when x = 0 for h(x) and j(x), plug in x = 0 and see what the function is equal to f(x) (the one about the savings account) requires a bit more thinking. the independent variable, x, is time, and the dependent variable f(x) is the value of the account. so the y-intercept is the value of the account when x = 0. in other words, when time is 0 (when no time has passed) what's the value of the account? once you have all four values, see which one is the least.
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