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Find the slope of the line through the pair of points a (2,-3) p(2,9)

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(x₁,y₁) = (2,-3)
(x₂,y₂) = (2,9)

To determine the slope using two points lie on the line, we could use the following formula
m =
(y_(2)-y_(1))/(x_(2)-x_(1))

plug in the numbers
m =
(9-(-3))/(2-2)
m =
(9+3)/(0)
m =
(12)/(0)
m = undefined

The slope is undefined, the line is vertical
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