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What is the slope of the line that passes through the points (6, - 5) and (- 6, - 5)

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Answer:

A line that passes through the points (6, -5) and (-6, -5) has no slope.

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula for finding the slope is m = (y2-y1) / (x2-x1)

We take the y-coordinates and subtract them.

m = (-5 - -5) / (x2-x1)

m = (-5 + 5) / (x2-x1)

m = 0 / (x2-x1)

Since we have a 0 for the top, we don't have to solve anything else because zero divided by anything is equal to either 0 or is undefined.

So, m = 0 or m = undefined

If we really need to specify which one it is then we can solve for the bottom and see what we get.

m = 0 / (-6 - 6)

m = 0 / -12

m = 0

Since we can divide something by -12, the answer is the slope is 0.

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