Question 426560
"the equation of the horizontal line passing through the point (-1,-8)"


y = -8 is the equation of the horizontal line passing through the point (-1,-8)


A horizontal line will start off "y = " and then be the y-coordinate
on the other side of the equal sign


A vertical line will start off "x = " and then be the x-coordinate
on the other side of the equal sign. 
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