SOLUTION: The price of admission to a movie theater has been steadily increasing. The price of regular admission y (in dollars) to a movie can be represented by the equation y=0.24x+5.28 whe

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Question 887731: The price of admission to a movie theater has been steadily increasing. The price of regular admission y (in dollars) to a movie can be represented by the equation y=0.24x+5.28 where x is the number of years after 2000. Find the x intercept and What does the X intercept mean?
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The price of admission to a movie theater has been steadily increasing. The price of regular admission y (in dollars) to a movie can be represented by the equation y=0.24x+5.28 where x is the number of years after 2000. Find the x intercept and What does the X intercept mean?
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Let y = 0; then solve for "x":
0.24x + 5.28 = 0
0.24x = -5.28
x = -22
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Meaning:: It cost nothing to attend a movie 22 years before 2000,
i.e. in 1978.
Comment:: That information is meaningless as the equation is
only supposed to show tha cost of a movie after the year 2000.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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