Please help! The illustration below shows the graph of y as a function of x.
Complete the following sentences based on the graph of the function.
- As x increases, y (increases/decreases).
- The rate of change for y as a function of x is not (constant/constant), therefore the function is (linear/nonlinear).
- For all values of x, the function value y ___ (≤/≥/=) 0.
- The y-intercept of the graph is the function value y = .
- When x = 1, the function value y = ___.