SOLUTION: is y+3=0 a linear equation?

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Question 224926: is y+3=0 a linear equation?
Answer by drj(1380) About Me  (Show Source):
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Is y+3=0 a linear equation? Yes.

You can rewrite the above equation as y=-3.

In Slope-Intercept form given as y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept when x=0 at point (0,b).

For this example, the slope m=0 or a horizontal line and the y-intercept is -3.

The graph is shown below:

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