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Which describes the slope of this line?

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-4 -2 0 2 4
A. Negative slope
B. Zero slope
C. Positive slope
D. Undefined slope

User Gwilym
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That slope is a B. Zero Slope.
You know this because you measure slopes through the gradient of a line.
The formula for this is:
Rise/Run
Rise is how far it moves up the y axis, and run is how far it goes through the x axis.
The rise of a straight line is 0, and the run of the straight line is infinite.
So, you can say that because anything divided by zero is zero, the slope of a horizontal straight line is 0!
User Googme
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A zero slope because the gradient is zero
User Kacper Lubisz
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