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Can solve the question in the picture and solve both parts ​

Can solve the question in the picture and solve both parts ​-example-1
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Answer:

  • zero
  • parallel to the x-axis

Explanation:

You want to know the slope of the line segment between (-4, -3) and (3, -3), and its relation to the x-axis.

Slope

The slope of a line between two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) is given by the formula ...

m = (y2 -y1)/(x2 -x1)

For the given points, the slope is ...

m = (-3 -(-3))/(3 -(-4)) = 0/7 = 0

The slope of the line segment is zero.

The line segment has the same slope as the x-axis. It is parallel to the x-axis.

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Additional comment

The equation of the line segment is ...

y = -3 . . . for -4 ≤ x ≤ 3

The equation of the x-axis is ...

y = 0

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