Shannon perfumeries sells two fragrances. the table contains the price corresponding to the number of bottles of fragrance a. bottles price($) 3 78 6 156 9 234 the graph represents the relationship of the price with respect to the number of bottles of fragrance b.

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 )