Question

The table below shows the depth of water in a bathtub as it is being filled over time. The data can be modeled by a linear equation where x is the elapsed time in minutes and y is the depth of the water in inches. What does the y-intercept of the linear equation that models the data indicate?

Answer 1

The y-intercept of the linear equation that models the data indicates that:

There was 1 inch of water on the tub when the water was turned on.

What is a linear function?

A linear function is modeled by:

y = mx + b

In which:

• m is the slope, which is the rate of change, that is, by how much y changes when x changes by 1.

• b is the y-intercept, which is the value of y when x = 0, and can also be interpreted as the initial value of the function.

In this problem, when x changes by 1, y changes by 2, hence the slope is of 2. Hence, since when x = 1, y = 3, when x = 0, y = 3 - 2 = 1, which means that the y-intercept is of 1, and the correct interpretation is:

There was 1 inch of water on the tub when the water was turned on.

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