Question

the slope of a vertical line is ______________

Answer 1

Try drawing a vertical line, Hannah. Then answer these questions by looking at your line:

1) Does x change from one point to another on the vertical line?

2) Identify the coordinates of any 2 points on your vertical line.

3) Substitute these coordinates into the equation for slope:\[m=\frac{ y _{2}-y _{1} }{ x _{2}-x _{1} }\] What do you observe?

Answer 2

Do You Have Answer Choices ?

Answer 3

@mathmale I have a word bank to use the words are right, coordinates, parallel, 180, undefined, bisector, midpoint, and supplementary

Answer 4

Either she has answer choices or her teacher taught her a specific answer to this question. This is because the word "vertical" is not a mathematical word.

Answer 5

There we go.

Answer 6

The Answer Is Undefined

Answer 7

"vertical" certainly has its place as a descriptor of a line, or the orientation of a conic section's graph, etc.

So please let's focus on the implications of "vertical line."

Answer 8

And @across Vertical Is A Mathematical Term .

Answer 9

hahaha sure it is

Answer 10

Hannah: Have you followed any of my initial suggestions?

Answer 11

so its undefined??

Answer 12

Have you actually drawn a vertical line and have you determined whether or not x changes as you move from one point to another on this vertical line?

Answer 13

Okay W.e

Answer 14

@hannahduhe Its Undefined

Answer 15

Amour: If you're going to give away answers, then at minimum please explain WHY the slope is undefined.

Answer 16

A Vertical Line Is Undefined Because All Points On The Line Have The Same X-Coordinate .@mathmale Better 😊 @hannahduhe

Answer 17

thank yall so much

Answer 18

And That Is The Slope Of A "Vertical" Line

Answer 19

In other words, the slope of a vertical line is "undefined" because the x-coordinate does not change, and thus the denominator of the slope formula is zero. Division by zero is undefined.