A team of workers has been moving cargo off of a ship. The equation below models the approximate number of tons of cargo, $y$, that remains to be moved $x$ hours after the team started working.

$y=120-25x$

The graph of this equation in the $xy$-plane is a line. What is the best interpretation of the $x$-intercept in this context?

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Accepted Answer

The team will have moved all the cargo in about 4.8 hours.

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The team has been moving about 4.8 tons of cargo per hour.

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The team has been moving about 25 tons of cargo per hour.

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The team started with 120 tons of cargo to move.