What is the slop of a vertical line?

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asked May 10, 2020 45.7k views

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Dierk · Answer 1 · 2020-05-12T01:38:25+0000

Answer:

D

Explanation:

It's undefined. x = 5 means that every x value is 5. How does that happen? What value of m will leave only x so that x = b?

Undefined is the only way that would happen. The y value is divided by infinity for a slope which leaves 0 on that side.

Steve Amerige · Answer 2 · 2020-05-17T14:08:46+0000

Answer:

undefined

Explanation:

The slope of a vertical line ( line that goes up and down)

The y value changes but the x value does not

m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

= (y2-y1)/ (x-x)

= (y2-y1)/0

Anything divided by 0 is undefined