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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How would you find the slope of the line?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

0 or undefinded I don't understand

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no slope

OpenStudy (mertsj):

It's a vertical line. It has no slope because it has no run. So when you try to calculate the rise/run, the denominator is 0 which makes the slope undefined.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

undefined

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The slope is undefined.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Thanks for explaining I was lost...

OpenStudy (xishem):

The slope of a line is defined as: \[m=\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}=\frac{y-y _{0}}{x-x_{0}}\]A vertical line has no slope because the change in x is 0, and so you would get: \[m=\frac{some number}{0}\]Which is undefined.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks xishem and everyone else i get it now :)

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