SOLUTION: Instructions: Find an equation for the line with the given properties.Express answer in general form or slope-intercept form of the equation of a line. Problem: Find the equati

Question 14353: Instructions: Find an equation for the line with the given properties.Express answer in general form or slope-intercept form of the equation of a line.

Problem: Find the equation of the line having a slope of zero and containing the point (3,8).
This is what I did. Please tell me where I went wrong.
1.) y-8=0(x-3)
2.) y-8=0 (answer)
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hey, have more faith in your abilities!
Your answer is correct. A line with zero slope is a horizontal line.
Your answer can be written as: y = 8 which is a horizontal line (zero slope) containing the point (3, 8)
In fact, the line contains all the points (x, 8) where x is any real number.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Find an equation for the line with the given properties. Express your answer using either (answered by mananth,MathLover1)

Parallel to the line x=5; containing the points (-4,-2) find an equation for the... (answered by stanbon)

find an equation for the line with the given properties express in slope intercept form (answered by stanbon)

Find an equation for the line with the given properties, express the equation in general... (answered by Alan3354)

Find an equation for the line with the given properties,express the equation in... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

find an equation for the line with the given properties. Express the equation in... (answered by mananth)

Find an equation for the line with the given properties. Express the equation in... (answered by josgarithmetic,macston,jim_thompson5910)

find an equation for the line with the given properties. Express the equation in... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

Find the equation of the line with the given properties. Express the equation in general (answered by josgarithmetic)

find an equation of the line with the given properties. express your answer in slope... (answered by richwmiller)