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The average amount of electricty consumed by a household in a day is strongly correlated to the average daily temperature for that day. This relationship is given by y=0.503x+3.31 where x is the temperature in F and y is the amount of electricity consumed in kilowatt-hours (kWh).

What does the y-intercept of this function represent?

A. the average amount of electricity consumed for each degree Fahrenheit
B. the average electricity consumption for a daily average temperature of 0 F
C. the minimum amount of electricity consumed
D. the change in temperature for each increase in electricity consumption