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Question 262509: Could you help me find the x intercept, y intercept, and slope for this equation: x=-5
Found 3 solutions by shiela mae, PRMath, Alan3354:
Answer by shiela mae(5)   (Show Source):
Answer by PRMath(133) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I think the answer you were given is not completely correct........
Your equation of a line is x = -5. What you have to know is this:
When x equals a number, the line will be VERTICAL and your slope is UNDEFINED.
When y equals a number, the line will be HORIZONTAL and your slope is ZERO.
Anyway, the graph of x = -5 a vertical line, that crosses the "x" axis at -5. Here are some possible ordered pairs (there are many others!) that would make up the line:
(-5, 1)
(-5, 0)
(-5, -5)
(-5, 10) See how all the "x" variables are -5?
The x intercept - or where the line "bumps into" (intercepts/crosses) the x axis - is (-5,0). However, please draw this graph on a piece of paper using the ordered pairs I gave you. If you do that, you'll see that this line will never "bump into"/intercept/cross the y axis. Therefore, there is no y intercept for your x = -5 equation.
SO.. your slope is: Undefined
Your x intercept is: (-5, 0)
There is no y intercept. The previous answer said your your y intercept is 0. That is not correct.
I hope this helps you. :-)
Answer by Alan3354(69443)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x = -5 for all values of y.
This is parallel to the y-axis.
--> slope is infinite, or undefined.
It does not intersect the y-axis, it's parallel. No y-intercept.
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