Joe went to the store and bought six packs of pens for $1.79 each, five erasers for $.89 each and a pack of paper for $3.29. He had a coupon for 25% off and then had to pay 6% tax. What was the final cost of his purchase?

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 )