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document.write( "Find the equation of the line with slope 0 and y-intercept\r\n" );
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document.write( "A line with slope 0 is horizontal. if it goes through (0, -2) \r\n" );
document.write( "then every point on it has the same y-coordinate.  Therefore \r\n" );
document.write( "the equation y = -2 tells the whole story of every y-value of \r\n" );
document.write( "every point on the line. Here is a picture of the line. \r\n" );
document.write( "It's the green one below.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that every point on the green line has -2 as its \r\n" );
document.write( "y-coordinate, and it intercepts the y-axis at -2, so \r\n" );
document.write( "b = -2 and m = 0,\r\n" );
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document.write( "So to write it in the form \r\n" );
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document.write( "y = mx + b\r\n" );
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document.write( "you write it as\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = 0x - 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "which is the same as y = -2\r\n" );
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