A car's fuel tank initially contains 18 gallons of gasoline. The car consumes gasoline at a constant rate while driving. The equation below models the approximate number of gallons of gasoline, , remaining in the tank after driving miles.
The graph of this equation in the -plane is a line. What is the best interpretation of the -intercept in this context?
The car consumes 18 gallons of gasoline per mile.
The car starts with 0.05 gallons of gasoline.
The car starts with 18 gallons of gasoline.
The car can travel 360 miles before running out of gasoline.
