$y = 500(2)^{2x}$ The equation gives the estimated number of online n…

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Prompt

y = 500 (2)^{2 x}

The equation gives the estimated number of online newsletter subscribers at the end of every six-month period,

x

, starting from the end of January

1997

, where

0 \leq x \leq 4

. Which statement is the best interpretation of the

y

-intercept of the graph of this equation in the

x y

-plane?

The estimated number of online newsletter subscribers at the end of the first six-month period was 500.

The estimated number of online newsletter subscribers at the end of January 1997 was 500.

The estimated number of online newsletter subscribers at the end of January 1998 was 1,000.

The estimated number of online newsletter subscribers at the end of January 1997 was 1,000.