Jordan Will hike the trail shown at a rate of 5mi/h. write a linear equation to represent the distance Jordan still has to walk after X hours. what does the Y-intercept of the equation represent?

using linear equation
[tex]\begin{gathered} y=mx+b \\ \text{where} \\ m=\text{slope} \\ b=y-\text{intercept} \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore,
[tex]\begin{gathered} x=\text{time in hours} \\ y=dis\tan ce \\ m=5 \end{gathered}[/tex][tex]y=5x+31[/tex]The y - intercept which is equals to 31 represents the distance he still has to walk .