Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
4b + 8 = 20
Subtract 8 from both sides
4b + 8 - 8 = 20 - 8
4b = 12
Now divide both sides by 4
4b/4 = 12/4
b = 3
Check:
LHS = 4b + 8
= 4*3 + 8
= 12 + 8
= 20 = RHS
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
Vertical lines take the form of
and horizontal lines take the form of 
Why is this? Notice that whenever you make a horizontal line on a graph and select virtually any point that's on that line, all of the points you pick will have the same y value. Try to imagine the same thing with a vertical line, are the results the same?
So the line
(we got -12 from the coordinate that was given to us on the question prompt) is a vertical line that passes through virtually all possible y values (from positive infinity to negative infinity, or vice-versa) which means that the question prompt having given us the y value was negligible.
Good luck!