Below is a graph showing the sales in millions of local donut shops in the years since they opened.

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What interpretation can be made from the y-intercept?
How can the point on the graph above be interpreted?
What is the output value of this graph when the input value is 4?

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The y-intercept on this graph is the point where the line intersects with the y-axis. It represents the sales in millions of dollars that the donut shops made in their first year of operation.

The point on the graph above represents the sales in millions of dollars made by the donut shops after a certain number of years of operation. Specifically, it represents the sales made in the year that corresponds to the x-axis value of that point.

To find the output value when the input value is 4, we need to locate the point on the graph where x = 4 and then read the y-value. From the graph, we can see that the output value when the input value is 4 is approximately 2.5 million dollars in sales.