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  • The parabola opens upward.
  • The vertex is at the point (4 comma 2).
  • The parabola passes through the following points:
    • (0 comma 8)
    • (4 comma 2)
    • (8 comma 8)

The graph shows a marble's height above the ground y , in inches, x seconds after it started moving on an elevated track of a marble run. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the y -intercept of the graph?