How do you find the slope given y=-4?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-11T08:14:27

#0#

the line #y=-4#is a line parallel to the #x- "axis"#

therefore the slope/gradient is #0#

Answer 2 · 2017-07-11T09:03:52

Slope =# 0#

The equation only has a #y#-term and a number term, but if we write the equation in the slope/intercept form, #y =mx +c#
we get:

#y = 0x -4#

From this we see that the slope is #0#

The line #y=-4# is a horizontal line which only has a #y#-intercept at #-4#.

There is no change in the #y#-values, so the slope is 0.