A car starts a journey with a full tank of gas. The equation y=16 - 0.05x relates the number of gallons of gas, y, left in the t

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A car starts a journey with a full tank of gas. The equation y=16 - 0.05x relates the number of gallons of gas, y, left in the t

ank to the number of miles the car has traveled, x.
A. What are the x- and y-intercepts of the graph of this equation?

B. What does x-intercept represent in the context of this problem?

C. What does y-intercept represent in the context of this problem?

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mr_godi [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-09T23:19:05+03:00

mr_godi [17]2 years ago

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A. The y-intercept is y = −0.05 x + 16 and the x-intercept is x = −20y + 320

B. The x-intercept represents the number of miles the car has traveled.

C. The y-intercept represents the number of gas in gallons.