Interpreting Meaning of Intercepts in Word Problems

What does the y-intercept represent on this graph?

• starting salary is 100,000

• salary per day

• Director's salary

• every day is 100,000

An amusement park has an entrance fee, and then there is a cost to ride each ride. The total cost (y) can be modeled by y=1.5x+20 where x is the number of rides you ride. What does the y intercept represent?

• Number of rides

• The entrance fee

• The cost for food

• The cost per ride

What does the y intercept represent?

• The amount of cases already chopped

• The amount of cases he can chop in an hour

• His starting salary

• The hours Jared works

• 0

• 8

• 6

• 4

• 3

• 24

• 2

• 12

Use the image to answer the following:

a.) What does the x-intercept represent?

b.) what does the y-intercept represent?

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You have $18 to spend on Uber Eats credits and hats for Among us. Uber Eats credits are $1 each and hats for Among Us cost $2 each. Let x = # of Uber Eats credits Ley y = # of hats for Among Us How would you interpret the y-intercept?

• You bought $9 worth of Uber Eats credits and 0 hats for Among Us

• You bought $0 worth of Uber Eats credits and $9 worth of hats for Among Us

The graph shows the height (cm) of a candle as it burns, what does the y-intercept mean?

• Candle starts at 9 cm.

• Candle start at 4.5 cm

• Candle starts at 0 cm.

• The candle ends at 5 cm

The function f(x) = –0.25x + 5 models the height of a candle x seconds after it is

lit. What is the meaning of the y-intercept of the function?

• the initial height of the candle

• the final height of the candle

• the rate at which the candle is burning

• the amount of time it will take the candle to burn

You have $28 to spend on Tech-decks and Takis. Tech-decks cost $7 each and jumbo bags of Takis cost $4 each.

Let x = # of Tech-decks

Ley y = # of bags of jumbo Takis

How would you interpret the y-intercept?

• You bought 7 Tech decks and 0 jumbo bags of Takis

• You bought 0 Tech decks and 7 jumbo bags of Takis