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I'm assuming you're asked to find the equations for lines that fit the given descriptions.


In the first case, having no x-intercept means that the line must be horizontal and not
x=0, so it will be entirely determined by the y-intercept, which is -5. So the line has equation
y=-5.


In the second case, the line is parallel to
4y-2x=7, or equivalently
y=\frac12x+\frac74, which has slope
\frac12. Parallel lines have the same slope. With the point-slope formula, you can find its equation:



y-(-7)=\frac12(x-2)\implies y=\frac12x-8


In the third case, the line is perpendicular to
-7+3y=6x, or
y=2x+\frac73. Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals of one another. Here, the given line has slope 2, which means the slope of its perpendicular counterpart is
-\frac12. Point-slope formula again:



y-6=-\frac12(x-(-3))\implies y=-\frac12x+\frac92


In the fourth case, you first need to find the slope of such a line. Note that the x-coordinates are the same, which means the line will be vertical and the equation is determined entirely by the x-intercept. So the equation is
x=7.

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