Question

taylor has $20 to spend on muffins. each muffin cost the same amount of money. the equation y=-2x+20 represents the amount of money she has left, y , after she buys x muffins.

complete the statement to identify and interpret the y intercept.

the y-intercept of the equation is 0, 2, 10, 20? and this represents the cost of one muffin, the amount of money taylor has to spend, the maximum number of muffins taylor can buy, the amount of money taylor has after her purchase?

Answer 1

y-intercept: 20.

Interpretation: This is the amount of money Taylor has when x = 0 (before buying any muffins) — i.e., the amount she has to spend.