document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=890851>Question 890851</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How would you find an equation  of the horizontal  line that passes through the point (-4,-8)? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "When a line is horizontal, that means that every point on that line is going to have the same y-coordinate. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the y-coordinate is -8, then every single point will look like (x,-8)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we plot the line y= -8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And we see that (-4,-8) is on the line.  </SPAN>\n" );
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