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A city planner wants to build a road parallel to 2nd Ave . What is the slope of the new road?

A city planner wants to build a road parallel to 2nd Ave . What is the slope of the-example-1
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Answer:

0

Explanation:

By inspection or finding points, we see that 2nd ave is perfectly flat, or in other words, has slope of 0.

If line 1 is parallel to line 2, it means their slopes are the same.

So, the new road parallel to 2nd ave has a slope of
\boxed{0}.

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