Sven investigates the amount of damage to the head gaskets on the trucks in his fleet and find that the damage index depends on the ambient temperature. He develops the equation y = -
2
3
x + 14 to model the relationship. What does 14 mean?

Suppose that the price p, in dollars, and the number of sales, x, of a certain item follow the equation 4 p plus 4 x plus 2 pxequals56. suppose also that p and x are both functions of time, measured in days. find the rate at which x is changing when xequals2, pequals6, and startfraction dp over dt endfraction equals1.5.