Question

The Bui family consists of 2 adults and 3 children. They spent $36 for zoo tickets. The equation 2x + 3y = 36 describes the cost for x adult tickets and y child tickets. Part of the equation is graphed below. What is the y-intercept?

Answer 1

(0, 12)

Explanation:

Answer 2

(0, 12)

Explanation:

To find the y-intercept we just plug in x = 0 into the equation.

2(0) + 3y = 36

3y = 36

y = 12 which means the y-int. is (0, 12)