Question

The Sealey family had a pool installed at theirhome, and are filling it with water. The number ofgallons of water, y, in a pool after x hours ismodeled by the graphWhich statement is TRUE about the y intercept?A The pool was originally emptyB. The pool originally had 55 gallons in itC. The pool is filling at a rate of 55 gallons perhour

Answer 1

The y intercept is where the graph crosses the y axis when x=0

Looking at the graph the y intercept is 0, which means there were 0 gallons when they started filling the pool.

A the pool was originally empty.