Question

I spent 25 Points, PLEASE HELP! In a graph, x represents the number of months since a business opened, and y represents the total amount of money the business has earned. The following three points are from the graph:

(2, 1990)  (5, 4225)  (9, 7205)

Find the slope and y-intercept. Explain what each represents.

Answer 1

The slope of this scenario is 745. The slope represents the profit made each month.

Answer 2

First find the slope. m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

m=(4225-1990)/(5-2)=745,

m is the slope, this represents the amount of money earned each month that the business operates.

so far we have:

y=745x+b, using any point we can solve for b, I'll use (2,1990)

1990=745(2)+b

1990=1490+b

500=b

b is the y-intercept which is $500, it represents the amount of moeny that the business started with.