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Find out the slope and equation of the line

Find out the slope and equation of the line-example-1
User Demetri
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Answer:

a) 0

b) y = 2

Explanation:

Try working out the slope:

m = y2-y1/x2-x1

plug in the values

m = 2-2/-8-4

m = 0

The slope is 0, meaning that it is a horizontal line

we now know that for every x value, the y value will be 2 since it is a horizontal line, meaning the equation of the line is y=2.

We can also get y=2 from the equation y=mx+b

b is the y-intercept (2), since m(slope) is zero, the equation will be reduced to y = +b or y = 2

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