Find the slope between the points (-4,-1) and (-4,3)

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Kuncajs · Answer 1 · 2023-11-12T15:16:44+0000

Answer:

The slope is undefined because the x value is same and what we have will be a vertical line through the point x = -4

Explanation:

Here, we want to get the slope between the points (-4,-1) and (-4,3)

Mathematically, we can do this by using the slope equation below:

m=(y^(2)-y^(1) )/(x^(2)-x^(1) )

The coordinates with the subscript 1 represents the first point, while the coordinates with the subscript 2 represents the second point

We have that as follows:

x^(1) =-4

y^(1) =-1

x^(2) =-4

y^(2) =3

Now, we susbtitute the values into the slope equation above:

m=(3+1)/(-4+4) =(4)/(0)

= Undefined.

The slope is undefined because the x value is same and what we have will be a vertical line through the point x = -4