(08.01 LC) A biologist created the following graph to show the relationship between the temperature of water (x), in degrees Celsius, and the number of insect larvae (y) in the water:

graph of y = -2x^2 + 20x + 400

What does the y-intercept of the graph represent?

400

Step-by-step explanation:

Remember y=mx+b

b=y-intercept

it's the starting point on a graph.

400

Step-by-step explanation:

you deleted my last answer

b is 38 degrees.

a is 52 degrees.

this is because if b is 38 and a is 14 degrees more than b than 38+14=52 and 52+38=90 degrees. hope this .