SOLUTION: How do you find the slope, if it exists: x = -7

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Question 301352: How do you find the slope, if it exists: x = -7
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Alan3354:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Slope is change in y divided by change in x.
Change in x in this case is 0.
Slope=Something/0 which means it's undefined since division by zero is undefined.

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For all values of y, x = -7
That is parallel to the y-axis, or "vertical"
Slope is undefined