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Are the lines y=-5 and y=3 parallel and how do i find their slopes

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Answer: They are both parallel because they are horizontal lines, and their slope is both 0. You can do (y2-y1)/(x2-x1), but you would see that the y will be the same for both coordinates so the slope would be 0/x.

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Their slope is undefined because anytime a line is vertical it makes it undefined.
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