SOLUTION: Could someone please help me solve the following Problem: Write an equation through (-5, -π) with zero slope. If you could include the steps I would really appreciate it.

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Question 1144958: Could someone please help me solve the following Problem:

Write an equation through (-5, -π) with zero slope.
If you could include the steps I would really appreciate it.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

y=-π is a horizontal line across the page.
Y never changes. X can be anything but y is always -π.
Following the slope intercept formula equation y=mx+b
mx=0
Thus there is no x since 0*x=0 and x does not appear at all.
To understand what is happening, remember that the slope is the rise over the run rise/run
The rise is the change in y and the run is the change in x.
The rise y goes up and down and the run x goes across the page.
So if y never changes then the change in y is zero. So the fraction becomes 0/run which is zero.
So the slope m of y=-π is 0.
y=-π has no x intercept because y never equals zero and the line never crosses the x axis.