Question

soraya wants to sign up for a gym membership at gym club premium. she needs to pay a one - time membership fee of 40 dollars to join, and a monthly fee of 20 dollars. this graph represents the amount of money she spends, y, after x months. whats another way to interpret the vertical intercept of 40? the graph has x - axis labeled number of months from 0 to 11, y - axis labeled amount of money spent (dollars) from 20 to 260. the options are: soraya paid 40 dollars just to join the gym. soraya paid 80 dollars just to join the gym. there was no membership fee to join the gym.

Explanation:

The vertical intercept occurs when \(x=0\) (0 months of membership), which corresponds to the one-time cost to join the gym. The intercept value of 40 matches the given one-time membership fee, so it represents the cost just to join.

Answer:

Soraya paid 40 dollars just to join the gym.