A company is deciding whether or not to hire a new worker. The company must pay the worker hourly and cover a daily cost for insurance. The cost to pay an hourly worker for one day is represented by the function y = 8x + 25, where x is hours.
What is the y-intercept, and what does it represent?
8; it represents the hourly wage for the worker
8; it represents the cost for insurance
25; it represents the cost for insurance
25; it represents the hourly wage for the worker
is it d
when x=0, the worker has zero hours.
So, the y-intercept is the cost of the insurance only.
when x=0, 8x+25=25, so the choice is clearly (c)
yup what steve said.
Yes, the correct answer is 25, which represents the hourly wage for the worker. The y-intercept of the function y = 8x + 25 is the value of y when x is equal to zero. In this case, when x is zero, the cost for insurance (represented by y) is equal to 25.
Yes, the correct answer is D.
The y-intercept of the function y = 8x + 25 is 25.
In the context of this problem, the y-intercept represents the fixed cost for insurance that the company has to cover for each day, regardless of the number of hours worked. This means that even if the worker doesn't work any hours (x=0), the company still has to pay $25 for insurance.