Question

Find the slope m if the line passing through the points (12.6, -5.5) and (-5.3, -5.5)

Answer 1

The line has a slope of 0. It is a horizontal line, where y=-5.5.

Slope is calculated by finding the change in y and placing it over the change in x. For example, two coordinates with a change in y of -3 and a change in x of 2 would be written as -3/2.

In these coordinates, the change in y is 0, and since zero over anything is equal to zero, the slope is zero.

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