SOLUTION: Find the slope, if it exists x=-5 m= use integer or a simplfied fraction Type N if the slope is undefined.

Question 325273: Find the slope, if it exists x=-5
m= use integer or a simplfied fraction Type N if the slope is undefined.
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, solver91311:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since any equation in the form has an undefined slope, this means that the slope for is undefined.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The equation describes the set of all ordered pairs such that nobody cares what is, so long as .

Therefore, and represent two elements of such a set. Given two points on a line, you can compute the slope of the line:

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That is a rational expression with a zero denominator. What do you know about expressions with a zero denominator?

John

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