SOLUTION: Find the slope intercept equation of the horizontal line passing through the point (-5,-7)

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Question 148587: Find the slope intercept equation of the horizontal line passing through the point (-5,-7)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Slope-intercept form
y=mx%2Bb
Slope of horizontal line is 0.
y=mx%2Bb
y=0%2Ax%2Bb
y=b
Use your point (-5,-7):
y=b
-7=b
b=-7
Your equation is therefore,
y=-7