Question

You are selling concessions at a local swim meet. Hot dogs are being sold for $1.00 and soda is being sold for $0.50. At the end of the day you made $150. Let x represent the number of hotdogs sold and y represent the number of and sodas sold at the swim meet.

-Using the Standard Form, identify the y-intercept of the graph and explain how the y-intercept relates to the number of hot dogs and sodas sold.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's set up an equation in standard form.

x + 0.5y = 150

0.5y = -x + 150

y = -2x + 300

The y-intercept is 300. This means that when 0 hot dogs were sold, 300 sodas were sold.