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.