Brandon needs $480 to buy a tv and stereo system for his room. he received $60 in cash for birthday presents. he plans to save $30 per week from his part-time job. to find how many weeks w it will take to have $480, solve 60 + 30w = 480.

Mr. jones determined that the equation y = 98 - 16/5 x could be used to predict his students' unit test scores, based on the number of days, x, a student was absent during the unit. what was the meaning of the y-intercept of the function? (by the way the 16/5 is a )