What is the difference between the equations of a vertical and a horizontal line?

Answer 1

The difference between a vertical and horizontal line is whether it is in the form "x=" or "y="

For x=a there will be a VERTICAL line at the x-coordinate of "a"

For y=b there will be a HORIZONTAL line at the y-coordinate of "b"

Think of this as two opposites. The x is actually vertical and the y is actually horizontal.

Fun fact when either x or y are set equal to zero, you will graph the vertical and horizontal axis of a coordinate plane.

Can you figure out which one is the X-axis and which one is the Y-axis? ;)