Question

Lamonte has a part-time job at an ice skating rink selling hot cocoa. He decided to plot the number of hot cocoas he sold relative to the day's high temperature and then draw the line of best fit. What does the line's y-intercept represent?
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Hot Cocoas Sold
High Temperature (Degrees Fahrenheit)
Answer
Multiple Choice Answers
The actual number of hot cocoas sold when the temperature is 0degrees
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F.
The actual temperature when 0 hot cocoas are sold.
A prediction of the temperature when 0 hot cocoas are sold.
A prediction of the number of hot cocoas sold when the temperature is 0degrees
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F.

Answer 1

A prediction of the number of hot cocoas sold when the temperature is 0°F.

(Explanation: the y-intercept is the line’s y-value at x = 0, so it predicts hot cocoas sold at 0°F — not an actual measured value.)