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#1 2006-11-16 06:52:23
- Neha
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horizontal
what is the equation of a horizontal line that passes through the point at (-2,-2)?
i did
s = y2/x2 - y1/x1
and got
1.5
and my answer came out to be wrong HELP
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#2 2006-11-16 10:54:16
- pi man
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Re: horizontal
A line has a formula of y = mx +b, where m is the slope (rise over run). In the case of a horizontal line, the slope is 0. So the equation is simply y = -2.
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