What does the value of the y-intercept represent?

Can you guys plz answer this question in order and quickly plz i will give 30 points

You eat 8 strawberries and your friend eats 12 strawberries from a bowl. there are 20 strawberries left. which equation and solution give the original number of strawberries?

To solve the system of equations below, grace isolated the variable y in the first equation and then substituted into the second equation. what was the resulting equation? 3y=12x x^2/4+y^2/9=1