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Which statement best applies to the slope of the line below?

A.
the slope is negative
B.
the slope is zero
C.
the slope is positive
D.
the line has no slope

Which statement best applies to the slope of the line below? A. the slope is negative-example-1
User RoyB
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Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

fro the diagram below there line has no slope

User HannaY
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Answer: B) The slope is zero

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Step-by-step explanation:

Any horizontal line will always have a slope of 0. This is because there is no change in y (aka the rise is 0).

So we could say something like

slope = rise/run = 0/1 = 0

The run can be anything we want, and we'd still get 0 every time.

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Another way to see this is to pick two points from this line. Whichever points are selected, they are plugged into the slope formula

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

You'll find that the y2-y1 expression turns into 0. Why? Because y1 and y2 are the same, so they subtract to 0. It doesn't matter what x2-x1 turns into.

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