Marvin bought a 1965 Ford Mustang for $8,000. After he purchased the car, its value increases by 5% each year. Write an equation to find y, the value of the car x years after it was purchased and use the equation to answer the following questions. If you wanted to graph the equation you wrote, what will the y-intercept be

Astudent is determining the influence of different types of food on the growth rate of spiders. she feeds one group of spiders two caterpillars twice a week. the other group received similarly-sized beetles twice a week. she records the amount of time required for individuals to reach sexual maturity. her hypothesis is that the spiders feeding on caterpillars will have a faster growth rate because caterpillars have a higher protein content compared to beetles. in this experiment, what is the dependent variable? spiders assigned to different feeding groups. time required to reach sexual maturity number of prey items fed twice a week. growth rates of each group.