A small dairy farm writes a business plan. It includes a graph showing the estimated amount of feed used each day in thousands of pounds, y, compared to the number of years since the farm began operating, x. What does the y-intercept represent? the estimated amount of years the farm can afford feed the maximum feed per day estimated for the life of the farm the estimated amount of feed per day for the start of the farm the maximum years the farm needs the originally estimated feed per day

  the estimated amount of feed per day for the start of the farm

Step-by-step explanation:

The x-axis represents years since the farm began operating. Then x=0 corresponds to the time that the farm began operation.

The y-axis represents thousands of pounds of feed used each day. Then the y-intercept represents the amount of feed used per day at the time the farm began operation.

the system of inequalities is

step-by-step explanation:

step 1

find the equation of the dashed line

we have the points

(0,0) and (3,1)

the line passes through the origin, so, is a direct variation

find the slope

the equation of the dashed line is

the solution of the inequality a s the shaded area above the dashed line

therefore

the equation of the inequality a is

step 2

find the equation of the solid line

we have the points

(4,0) and (0,4)

find the slope

the equation of the solid line is

the solution of the inequality b s the shaded area below the solid line

therefore

the equation of the inequality b is

step 3

the system of inequalities is

step-by-step explanation: