document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=195330>Question 195330</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you determine the slope and y-intercept of this?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   x=-2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "is a vertical line that goes through the x axis at -2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "because for every point on the line x always equals -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now remember that the slope of a line is rise over run <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So lets apply rise over run to a vertical line. If you start at point (-2,0) and rise up 1 unit then you have the rise as 1. But since it is a vertical line the run is zero. So rise/run for this line would be 1/0 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "However we cannot divide a number by zero so we say that the slope for a vertical line is undefined. </SPAN>\n" );
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