How does the value of b affect the graph of
y = mx + b?
It translates the graph up or down the y-axis
by b units.
It affects the steepness of the graph and
determines whether the line rises or falls.
It translates the graph left or right on the x-
axis by b units

On this question. a hypothermia occurs when a person's body temperature drops below 95 degrees fahrenheit. write and solve an inequality that describes how much lower the body temperature of a person with hypothermia will be than the body temperature of a person with a normal temperature of 98.6 degrees fahrenheit