Question

15) What is the slope of the line below * Your answer

Answer 1

From the graph given we have a horizontal line.

Here, we have a constant y value.

The equation of a horizontal line is; y = b

Thus, we have y = -1

Where,

`\text{slope}=\frac{\text{change in y}}{\text{change in x}}=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)`

The slope of a horizontal line is always zero, since it has just one y-value which means the change in y is zero.

Take the points:

(x1, y1) ==> (2, -1)

(x2, y2) ==> (4, -1)

Thus,

`\text{slope}=(-1-(-1))/(4-2)=(-1+1)/(4-2)=(0)/(2)=0`

Therefore, the slope of the given line is zero.

ANSWER:

Slope = 0