I really don’t know but I think I got it wrong
First you need to figure out the slope:
y2-y1/x2-x1=(1+5)/(-5-7)=-1/2
y+5=-1/2(x-7)
y=-1/2x-3/2
D.
f(x) can be written as (x+2)(x-2)(x-1)
by using difference of two squares to expand x^2 - 4 whch yields 3 x intercepts
similarly, k(x) can be written as
x(x+5)(x-5) which also yields 3
x intercepts (0,-5, and 5)
