SOLUTION: Find the slope and y-intercept (if possible) of the equation of the line algebraically, and sketch the line by hand. 5x-2=0

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Question 637261: Find the slope and y-intercept (if possible) of the equation of the line algebraically, and sketch the line by hand.
5x-2=0

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Since there is no variable, is equal to some constant. This means that this is a vertical line. Vertical lines have undefined slopes. And, unless the constant to which is equal is zero, and it is not, the line does not intersect the -axis anywhere.

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