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Find the slope of the line passing through the point (-6,7) and (-6,-8).

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The gradient/slope is undefined.

using the gradient formula,
m=(y2-y1)/(x2-x1),


(-8-7)/(-6-(-6))

try solving this and you'll get the answer "math error". this is because -6-(-6) is -6+6, which equals 0. anything divided by zero is infinite.

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