Question

Ms. Barnes compared the latest grades of her students with the number of absences they had during the school year leading up to the test. The graph shows the results, with a line of best fit represented by the equation y = 11/3x + 92. 2. What is the y-intercept and what does it mean in terms of the situation ?

Answer 1

The y intercept is 92, this is because:

In slope intercept equations, it is formatted like:

y = mx + b

where y is the dependent variable and x is the independent variable

m is the slope

and b is the y - intercept

In terms of this situation, 92 means I think probably the start of their latest grades.