How do you graph x=-5 using intercepts?

1 Answer
Jan 9, 2018

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

The equation x = -5 represents a vertical line.

This means for each and every value of y then x is equal to -5

Therefore, the x-intercept when y equals 0 is: -5 or (-5, 0)

Because the value of x is also -5 it will never equal 0 therefore there is no y-intercept.

We can graph the lines as:

graph{((x+5)^2+y^2-0.025)(0.000001y + 100000x+500000) = 0 [-10, 10, - 5, 5]}