How do you find the slope and y intercept to sketch #5x-2=0#?

1 Answer
Apr 18, 2018

#x=2/5#
No #y# intercept
Slope = undefined
The graph will be a vertical line from #y=-#infinity to #y=#infinity at #x=2/5#

Explanation:

#5x-2=0# Isolate #x# and its coefficients:
#5x=2# Isolate #x#:
#x=2/5#

This is a horizontal line, so it has no #y# intercept and its slope is undefined (slope is rise over run, and since the graph doesn't "run" it is division by 0).
The graph will be a vertical line from #y=-#infinity to #y=#infinity at #x=2/5#, because, no matter what #y# is, #x=2/5#