SOLUTION: 43.The total cost (y) of a computer paid for a down payment and monthly installments of x dollars can be modeled by the equation y=24x+539. What is the y-intercept for this model a

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Question 79959: 43.The total cost (y) of a computer paid for a down payment and monthly installments of x dollars can be modeled by the equation y=24x+539. What is the y-intercept for this model and what does it mean?
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the y intercept is 539 IT is the down payment. in y=mx+b, m is the slope and b is the y intercept (the starting point of the line)