Question 643537
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Yes, 0.0035 is the slope, and yes, you find *[tex \LARGE b] which is the *[tex \LARGE y]-coordinate of the *[tex \LARGE y]-intercept by substituting zero for *[tex \LARGE x] and finding the value of *[tex \LARGE y] that results.


Technically speaking, "None of the above" is the correct answer -- for two reasons.  First is the idea that the *[tex \LARGE y]-intercept is NOT a number; it is an ordered pair of the form *[tex \LARGE (0,b)].  Second is the fact that answer 1 - number of birds, is only partially correct.  It is the number of birds, but only when the number of slugs is zero.


On the other hand, of the three answers that provide specifics, answer 1 is the closest.


Personnally, I would choose answer 4 and make the teacher/instructor/professor prove me wrong.  He/she/it wouldn't be able to do it without being very fuzzy about the underlying mathematics.  A little more rigor now is going to stand you in good stead when you start to tackle mathematics that is really difficult.


John
*[tex \LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0]
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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