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

Complete Question:

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

A) the x-intercept represents Adam's base pay

B) the x-intercept represents the highest salary Adam can earn

C) the 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

Correct

"the x-intercept represents Adam's total sales when he earned no commission" is the meaning of the x-intercept in the model

option C

Step-by-step explanation:

Here ,basically equation of straight line is given as  y = 0.28 x . x-intercept is when y=0 i.e.

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Therefore , x-intercept in the model means when annual is commission is zero , as he haven't worked till now . So, correct option C).

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step-by-step explanation:

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