SOLUTION: Can you help me ith graphing the equation y=3.5?

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Question 69668: Can you help me ith graphing the equation y=3.5?
Found 2 solutions by checkley75, bucky:
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+10%2C+Y+=+3.5%29+ (graph 300x200 pixels, x from -6 to 5, y from -10 to 10, Y = 3.5).

Answer by bucky(2189) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Think about this ... x can be any value and y will always equal 3.5.
If x is 0, then y = 3.5
If x is 1, then y = 3.5
If x is 5, then y = 3.5
If x is -4, then y = 3.5
If x is -10, then y = 3.5
If you plot all these points on a graph you should begin to see that the graph is a horizontal line that intercepts the y-axis at +3.5 and continues on forever in both plus and minus directions.
Any time that there is no x term in the equation, the graph is a horizontal line that crosses the y-axis at the given value of y. For example, the graph of y= -4 would be a horizontal line that crosses the y-axis at the point -4 and continues on forever in both directions (to the left and to the right).