Question

Aster sells used cars. She earns no base pay, but is paid a commission of 25% for each car sold which can be modeled by the equation y = 0.25x, where x represents the total dollar amount of car sales. What is the meaning of the x-intercept in the equation?
Responses
A Aster's percentage of the salesAster's percentage of the sales
B amount of earned raised with no salesamount of earned raised with no sales
C Used car company's percentage of salesUsed car company's percentage of sales
D amount of sales when no money has been earned
Answer
Aster sells used cars. She earns no base pay, but is paid a commission of 25% for each car sold which can be modeled by the equation y = 0.25x, where x represents the total dollar amount of car sales. What is the meaning of the x-intercept in the equation?
Responses
A Aster's percentage of the sales
B amount of earned raised with no sales
C Used car company's percentage of sales
D amount of sales when no money has been earned
Answered by GPT 3.5
The meaning of the x-intercept in the equation is the amount of sales when no money has been earned.
Answered by GPT 3.5
The correct response is D: The x-intercept represents the amount of sales when no money has been earned.