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What is the slope of the line y=5?

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Answer:

0

Explanation:

if you slightly change the equation to better fit standard form (without actually changing its meaning) you get

y = 0x + 5

which means the slope is 0

Also, a shortcut:

Horizontal lines always have a 0 slope while vertical lines have an undefined slope

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