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Interpreting slope and y-intercept for linear models

Problem

Julio distributed a survey to his fellow students asking them how many hours they spent playing sports in the past day. He also asked them to rate their mood on a scale from 0 to 10, with 10 being the happiest. Julio created the following scatterplot and regression line to show this relationship.
The fitted line has a y-intercept of 5.
What is the best interpretation of this y-intercept?
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