Question

Peyton steers a remote-control car. The equation y=3x+4 can be used to find y, the car's distance from peyton in feet, after x seconds.
identify the y-intercept, what does it tell you about the car?
The y-intercept is ___. It tells you the car starts ___ feet from peyton.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
The y-intercept of the equation \( y = 3x + 4 \) is the value of \( y \) when \( x = 0 \).

To find the y-intercept, set \( x = 0 \):

\[
y = 3(0) + 4 = 4
\]

Thus, the y-intercept is \( 4 \).

This means that the car starts \( 4 \) feet from Peyton.

So, you can complete your sentence as follows:

The y-intercept is **4**. It tells you the car starts **4** feet from Peyton.