Question

fr.shah visits patients at their homes. the equation y=150x + 50 represents the amount she charges, where y represents the total cost and x represents the number of hours she spends at the home. when the equation is graphed, what does the y-intercept represent?

Answer 1

Y is what she charges just to make the trip and show up.

The patient owes her that 50 as soon as she rings the doorbell, before she spends any time there.

Answer 2

50 represent the initial fee or cost added to the total cost

Step-by-step explanation:

y=150x + 50

y represents the total cost and

x represents the number of hours she spends at the home.

Just like the slope intercept form y=mx + b; where m is the slope of the rate of 150 per hour and y is the total cost.

50 represent the initial fee or cost added to the total cost; in order words, 50 is the b value or where the cost is at 0 hours.