Asked by rtdjh

The graph displays the relationship between the length of time an employee works at a company and the number of the employee’s monthly customers.


If the equation for the line of best fit is y = 4.5x + 2, which of the following can be used to interpret the y-intercept in context?
Employee training takes 2 months.
Employee training takes 4.5 months.
Employees are likely to bring 2 customers with them when changing jobs.
Employees are likely to bring 4.5 customers with them when changing jobs.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"Employees are likely to bring 2 customers with them when changing jobs."

Explanation: the y-intercept is the value of y when x = 0, i.e., number of monthly customers an employee has when they start at the company. The intercept 2 represents 2 customers, not months.