Question 112380: the linear equation y=5 graphs as a horizontal/vertical/diagonal line (choose the correct label and type it below).
Answer by bucky(2189)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The answer is "a horizontal line"
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A way of looking at this is that x can have any value, but y must always be 5. This means
that when x = -10, then y = 5 ... when x = 0, then y still equals 5 ... when x = +8, then
y again equals 5. So y always has to be 5 units above the x-axis, no matter what value you
choose for x. If you plot all the points that have any value for x but always have a corresponding
value of 5 for y, you will see that the result of connecting all those poinst with a straight
line will be a horizontal line (parallel to the x-axis and up 5 units from the x-axis).
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Hope this helps you to visualize why the answer to this question is a "horizontal line."
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