document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=195838>Question 195838</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hello i am very lost on graphing linear equations. I have tried but i am still really confused. Sketch the graph of the equation y=-1. please show all your work thank you so much! the chapter is exploring graphs of  linear equations and the text book is Passport to Algebra and Geometry.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #146850 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=146850\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Most of the time you are asked to graph a line, that equation will have two variables in it (x and y). In this case, there is only one variable (y).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What this equation is telling you is 'no matter what value I pick you x, the value for y is always -1'.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you plot any two points with the y coordinate = -1, you can quickly see that the line containing those points is a horizontal line that runs through the point (0, -1).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For a nice tool to help with this type of plotting, go get geogebra. See this URL for a link to some nice tools --> http://collabvsl.wetpaint.com/page/Mathematics+Applications </SPAN>\n" );
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