Question

Write the slope of the line that contains the following points: (17, -12) and (17,8)

Answer 1

So we need to find the slope of the line that contains (17,-12) and (17,8). Given two points (a,b) and (c,d) the slope of the line that contain them is given by the difference of y-values divided by the difference of x-values:

`m=(d-b)/(c-a)`

Using this the slope we need to find is:

`m=(8-(-12))/(17-17)=(20)/(0)`

We have a division by 0 which means that the answer is that the slope is undefined.