Find the slope and y-intercept. x = –7 is it: (A) Slope: undefined; y-intercept: (0, –7) (B) Slope: 0; y-intercept: none (C) Slope: undefined; y-intercept: none (D) Slope: 0; y-intercept: (0, –7) Draw the graph: Think of it as x + 0y = -7 Find some points. Arbitrarily substitute 3 for y x + 0(3) = -7 x = -7 So one point on the line is (-7, 3) Arbitrarily substitute -4 for y x + 0(-4) = -7 x = -7 So another point on the line is (-7, -4) Plot those two points and draw a line through them:As you can see it doesn't have a y-intercept because it is parallel to the y-axis and doesn't intercept it at all. It does have an x-intercept at (-7,0) If we try to find its slope with the slope formula y2 - y1 m = ————————— x2 - x1 using the two points we found (-7, 3), (-7, -4) where (x1, y1) = (-7, 3) and (x2, y2) = (-7, -4), we get (-4) - (3) -4 - 3 -7 m = ———————————— = ———————— = ———— (-7) - (-7) -7 + 7 0 Division by 0 is undefined so the slope is undefined. The correct choice is (C) Slope: undefined; y-intercept: none Edwin