Question

ashley has a part - time job at an ice skating rink selling hot cocoa. she decided to plot the number of hot cocoas she sold relative to the days high temperature and then draw the line of best fit. what does the lines y - intercept represent?

Explanation:

The y-intercept occurs when the x-value (high temperature) is 0 degrees Fahrenheit. On this scatter plot, the y-axis represents the number of hot cocoas sold. So the y-intercept is the predicted number of hot cocoas sold when the day's high temperature is 0 degrees Fahrenheit.

Answer:

The y-intercept represents the predicted number of hot cocoas Ashley would sell when the day's high temperature is 0 degrees Fahrenheit.