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0Problem 6B) What is the slope of this line? *5 pointsPROBLEM 6Finding Slopes of Horizontal and Vertical Lines* What is the slope of the line?

0Problem 6B) What is the slope of this line? *5 pointsPROBLEM 6Finding Slopes of Horizontal-example-1
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To find the slope of this line, we will prove that this line is a vertical line ( x1 = x2). Then, the slope for this is not defined, as we can see:

x1 = -2

y1 = -2

x2 = -2

y2 = 1

Then


m=(y_2-y_1)/(x_2-x1)\Rightarrow m=\frac{1-(-2)}{-2_{}-(-2)}=(1+2)/(-2+2)=(3)/(0)

Since the expression is m = 3/0, this is undefined. Then, the slope for this vertical line is undefined. Some authors say it is an infinity slope.

0Problem 6B) What is the slope of this line? *5 pointsPROBLEM 6Finding Slopes of Horizontal-example-1
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