SOLUTION: How do i find the y intercept from : ""You are typing a word document that already contains 100 words, You can type at a rate of 15 words per minute.If you plotted "time" (in minu

Question 674048: How do i find the y intercept from :
""You are typing a word document that already contains 100 words, You can type at a rate of 15 words per minute.If you plotted "time" (in minutes) on the x-axis and "total words in the document" on the y axis,what would you plot as your y intercept? Explain. ""
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How do i find the y intercept from :
""You are typing a word document that already contains 100 words, You can type at a rate of 15 words per minute.If you plotted "time" (in minutes) on the x-axis and "total words in the document" on the y axis,what would you plot as your y intercept? Explain. ""
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The y-intercept is the number that goes with zero. when zero
is the value of the independent variable.
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In your case, y = 100 when the time is zero.
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The equation would be:
# of words = 15*t + 100 where t is the number of minutes typed.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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