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What is the slope of a line that passes through the points (2, 0) and (5, 0)? Explain.

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What is the slope of a line that passes through the points (2, 0) and (5, 0)? Explain.
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Explanation:

the slope of a line is the ratio (y coordinate change / x coordinate change) when going from one point on the line to another.

in other words, it tells us how many units y changes when x changes a certain amount of units.

when going from (2, 0) to (5, 0)

x changes by +3 (from 2 to 5).

y changes by 0 (from 0 to 0).

the slope is 0/3 = 0.

so, for this line y = 0 and never changes.

therefore, it is a horizontal line with the equation

y = 0

which makes it the x-axis itself.

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