here are approximately 400 million trees currently growing in the Amazon Rainforest, which covers approximately 5.5 million square kilometers. The rainforest is being cleared at a rate of 20,000 square kilometers per year to make way for new farmland and to harvest wood for building supplies. Before this year, 250,000 square kilometers had already been cleared. A preservation consortium is trying to mitigate the loss of rainforest by planting new trees. They have already planted 3,000 square kilometers of trees and plan to plant 100 square kilometers of trees each year. What are the y-intercepts for each function? What do these y-intercepts represent?

Given that begin equation . . begin fraction . . 2 over 3 . . end fraction . . times a equals 16 . . end equation, which of the following illustrates how the multiplicative inverse property can be used to find the value of a? a begin equation . . 1 times the quantity . . begin fraction . . 2 over 3 . . end fraction . . times a . . equals 1 times 16 . . end equation b begin equation . . begin fraction . . 2 over 3 . . end fraction . . times a minus . . begin fraction . . 2 over 3 . . end fraction . . minus a equals 16 minus . . begin fraction . . 2 over 3 . . end fraction . . times a . . end equation c begin equation . . 0 times the quantity . . begin fraction . . 2 over 3 . . end fraction . . times a . . equals 0 times 16 . . end equation d begin equation . . begin fraction . . 3 over 2 . . end fraction . . times the quantity . . begin fraction . . 2 over 3 . . end fraction . . times a . . equals . . begin fraction . . 3 over 2 . . end fraction . . times 16 . . end equation