HELP ME PLEASE. The Chen family bought a small business. The equation yˆ=4.2x−12.9 models the business's cash value, in thousands of dollars, x years after they bought the business. Which statement best explains what the y-intercept of the equation means?

After the Chen family bought the business, the business lost $12,900 in 4.2 months.
The business was $12,900 in debt when the Chen family bought it.
The Chen family paid $12,900 for the business.
The business lost $12,900 every year after the Chen family bought it.

Fred has a total of 62 dvd and cd. if the number of cd is three more than two times the number of dvd, how many cd does he have?

The area of a rectangle is 15+5y square feet. which of the following expressions could be the length of the sides of the rectangle, in feet a. 5 and 3y b. 5 and 3+y c. 5 and 5+y d. 3 and 5+3y

Me on this one i will give you 20pts. answer should be in detail . this is the discussion topic. one of the most fiercely debated topics in sports is the hot hand theory. the hot hand theory says that success breeds success. in other words, rather than each shot a basketball player takes or each at-bat a baseball player has being an independent event, the outcome of one event affects the next event. that is, a player can get hot and make a lot of shots in a row or get a lot of hits in a row. the hot hand theory, however, has been shown to be false in numerous academic studies. read this article, which discusses the hot hand theory as it relates to a professional basketball player. state whether you agree or disagree with the hot hand theory, and give reasons for your opinion. be sure to use some of the terms you’ve learned in this unit, such as independent event, dependent event, and conditional probability, in your answer.