19.3k views
4 votes
The endpoints of a segments are (10, 0) and (20, 0). How do you know it is a horizontal segment?

User Echoblaze
by
7.8k points

2 Answers

4 votes

Answer:

If its two endpoints have the same y-coordinate

Explanation:

User JPBlanc
by
7.5k points
6 votes
if it is horitzontal, the slope will be 0

slope between (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) is (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

(10,0) and (20,0)
slope=(0-0)/(20-10)=0/10=0
slope is 0
it is horzontal

or we could just recognize that the equation is y=0
User Cork
by
7.4k points