SOLUTION: how would you find the slope and the y-intercept of y = -6 ?

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Question 421224: how would you find the slope and the y-intercept of y = -6 ?
Found 2 solutions by Theo, MathLover1:
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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slope intercept form of the equation for a straight line is:

y = mx + b where:

m is the slope of the line.
b is the y intercept.

your equation is:

y = -6

this implies that the slope is equal to 0 because:

y = 0*x - 6 becomes y = -6.

what you have is a straight line that has a value of -6 regardless of what value x is.

graph of the line y = -6 is shown below:

graph%28400%2C400%2C-10%2C10%2C-10%2C10%2C-6%29


Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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find the slope and the y-intercept of y+=+-6+
the slope+-intercept form is y+=+mx%2Bb
you have y+=0%2Ax+-6+; so, your slope is m=0 and y-intercept is b=-6
you have a line parallel to x-axis and crosses y-axis at -6
+graph%28+500%2C+500%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+-6%29+