Question

Please help me!!

An employee compiled sales data for a company once each month. The scatter plot shows the sales for the company over time. The equation represents the linear model for this data.



y = 0.94x + 12.5



According to the model, what were the company's sales when the employee began collecting data?


A. $5000

B. $12,500

C. $20,000

D. $35,000

E. $45,000

Answer 1

B) 12,500

y intercept=12.5=12,500

Explanation:

Answer 2

Sales data started at the y-intercept 12.5 in units of thousand dollars = $12,500
Answer: B