SOLUTION: An undefined slope has no x intercept or y intercept?

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Question 378545: An undefined slope has no x intercept or y intercept?
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Answer by scott8148(6628) About Me  (Show Source):
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undefined usually means a vertical line

it has an x-intercept , but no y-intercept

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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An undefined slope means that the change in x is zero (since slope is defined as delta%28y%29%2Fdelta%28x%29 and we'd be dividing by zero. Graphically, this means that the line never touches the y-axis (unless we have the equation x=0, which has infinitely many y-intercepts)