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Steven's school is selling chocolate bars to earn money for new band instruments. The school will receive 33% of the total sales; given by the model y = 0.33x; where x represents total sales. What is the meaning of the x-intercept in the model?

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Answer:The x-intercept represents the number of bars sold when no money was earned.

Explanation:

The x-intercept represents the number of bars sold when no money was earned. is correct. In the model y = 0.33x, y represents the amount of money earned and x represents the number of

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The x-intercept of the linear equation is the value of x when y is equal to zero. From the given equation above,
y = 0.33x
When y is zero,
0 = 0.33x ; x = 0
When y is zero, x is also zero. This means that the school will not receive any amount when they are unable to sell anything.
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