Inez has a phone card. The graph shows the number of minutes that remain on her phone card after a certain number of days. The slope of the line that represents the data is –50, and the y-intercept is 850. What do the slope and y-intercept represent in Inez’s situation?
Answer
A
The y-intercept indicates that the phone card started with 850 minutes. The slope indicates that 50 minutes were used per day.
B
The y-intercept indicates that the phone card started with 50 minutes. The slope indicates that 850 minutes were used per day.
C
The slope indicates that the phone card started with 850 minutes. The y-intercept indicates that 50 minutes were added per day.
D
The slope indicates that the phone card started with 50 minutes. The y-intercept indicates that 850 minutes were added per day.