An environmental agency studying the effects of drought on a lake has found that the water levels in the lake are decreasing at a constant rate during the initial few months of the drought. the equation y = -0.6x + 346 represents the depth of lake (y) based on the number of weeks passed (x). what does the y-intercept represent in this scenario? a. the depth of the lake at the beginning of the research b. the depth of the lake after 10 weeks of research c. the average depth of the lake during the research d. the minimum depth of the lake during the research e. the depth of the lake during the previous year

Since opening night, attendance at play a has increased steadily, while attendance at play b first rose and then fell. equations modeling the daily attendance y at each play are shown below, where x is the number of days since opening night. on what day(s) was the attendance the same at both plays? what was the attendance? play a: y = 8x + 191 play b: y = -x^2 + 26x + 126 a. the attendance was never the same at both plays. b. the attendance was the same on day 5. the attendance was 231 at both plays on that day. c. the attendance was the same on day 13. the attendance was 295 at both plays on that day. d. the attendance was the same on days 5 and 13. the attendance at both plays on those days was 231 and 295 respectively.