Question

Use the table to answer the question.

x (Months)
y (Miles on Car)
3 38,250
4 40,000
5 41,800
6 43,500
7 45,000
8 47,000


Gianna recently bought a used car. She keeps track of the number of miles she drives each month. The table displays the number of miles on her car after the given number of months. If the y-intercept of the line of best fit is (0, 33092), which of the following options is the correct interpretation of the y-intercept?

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Responses

Gianna would walk 33,092 miles, and she would walk 500 more.
Gianna would walk 33,092 miles, and she would walk 500 more.

The car currently has 33,092 miles on it.
The car currently has 33,092 miles on it.

Gianna has put 33,092 miles on the car since she purchased it.
Gianna has put 33,092 miles on the car since she purchased it.

We can use the y-intercept to predict that when Gianna bought the car it had 33,092 miles on it.
We can use the y-intercept to predict that when Gianna bought the car it had 33,092 miles on it.
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Answer 1

"We can use the y-intercept to predict that when Gianna bought the car it had 33,092 miles on it."

Explanation: the y-intercept is the value of y when x = 0 (zero months), so it represents the car's mileage at the start (purchase).