Question

What is the slope of the line defined by the equation y = 8?


A.
-8
B.
0
C.
8
D.
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Answer 1

slope is \[\frac{ rise }{ run }\] so if the slope isn't "rising" anywhere (i.e. it's not going up or down) then it's \[\frac{ 0 }{ run }\]
it doesn't matter how far away the next point is (it could be 2, 3, 1000) because 0 divided by anything is 0.