Question

The amount that a new high-tech video arcade charges to its customers is shown in the above graph. What does the $y$-intercept of this graph represent?

• A. The cost of playing $5$ games
• B. The cost of per game, which is $5$
• C. The entrance fee to enter the arcade
• D. The number of games that are played

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

The entrance fee to enter the arcade

The y-intercept corresponds to the $x$-coordinate being zero.

Thus, it cannot correspond to the charge for any number of games being played.

So, it corresponds to the minimum and a compulsory amount that needs to be paid, which can be called as the entrance fee to the arcade.