How do you graph the line y=4?

2 Answers

See below.

Explanation:

When graphing y=4, you know the y value is 4, so you draw a dot at (0,4), but if you recall from class, if it a single variable, like y=4, it goes horizontally, i.e. parallel to the y-axis as shown below:

Desmos

Jun 30, 2018

Horizontal line at y=4

Explanation:

In slope-intercept form, this equation can be written as

y=0x+4, where our slope is zero and y-intercept is at 4.

The only kind of line with a slope of zero is a horizontal line- the only values this equation takes on is when y=4; it doesn't matter what x is.

We will just have a horizontal line at y=4.

graph{y=0x+4 [-9.96, 10.04, -3.08, 6.92]}

Hope this helps!