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Nicholas has some cans at home to donate to the soup kitchen, but decides to start a can drive at his school to see if others will help. The equation representing this is y = 235x + 15, where x is the number of days, and y is the number of cans collected. Which statements are true based on the equation given. Select all that apply. Nicholas had 235 cans at home. The school collected 235 cans a day. Nicholas had 15 cans at home. The school collected 15 cans daily.

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Answer:The school collected 235 cans a dayNicholas had 15 cans at homeStep-by-step explanation:Looking at the equation:[tex]y=235x+15[/tex]15 is a constant, meaning that even at x=0 days, nicholas would have had 15 cans, meaning he already had them at home235 is the number that the variable(the number of days) is multiplied with, this means that 235 is the number of cans that can be collected daily.