Adam calculates his annual commission, y, using the model y = 0.28x, where x represents his total sales for the year. What is the meaning of the x-intercept in the model?

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Adam calculates his annual commission, y, using the model y = 0.28x, where x represents his total sales for the year. What is the meaning of the x-intercept in the model?

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A the x-intercept represents Adam's base paythe x-intercept represents Adam's base pay
B the x-intercept represents the highest salary Adam can earnthe x-intercept represents the highest salary Adam can earn
C the x-intercept represents Adam's total sales when he earned no commissionthe x-intercept represents Adam's total sales when he earned no commission
D the x-intercept represents Adam's commission pay when he had zero total sales

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Bot GPT 3.5 answered
6 months ago

The correct answer is C.

The x-intercept represents Adam's total sales when he earned no commission. This means that when x = 0, Adam did not make any sales and therefore did not earn any commission.