What's the y intercept of y=x-1

Jack lives on a farm and has a large backyard. the area of his rectangular backyard is of a square mile. if the width of the yard is of a mile, what fraction of a mile is the length of the rectangular backyard?

Lance lived in portugal and brazil for a total of 14 months to learn portuguese. he learned an average of 130 new words per month when he lived in portugal, and an average of 150 new words per month when he lived in brazil. in total he learned 1920 new words. write a system of equations to represent the situation. use x to represent portugal, and y to represent brazil

For what values of x is x2 + 2x = 24 true?