Vertical and Horizontal Lines
What is the slope of the line that passes through the point (-1, 2) and is perpendicular to the x-axis?
Undefined
What is the slope of the line that passes through the point (-1, 2) and is perpendicular to the y-axis?
Zero
Zero Slope
the slope of a horizontal line
Undefined slope
the slope of a vertical line
Equations of vertical lines
x = #
What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (-1, 2) and is perpendicular to the x-axis?
x = -1
What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (4, -3) and has a undefined slope?
x = 4
Equations of horizontal lines
y = #
What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (-3, 4) and has a slope of zero?
y = 4
What is the equation of the line that passes through the point (-1, 2) and is perpendicular to the y-axis?
y = 5