SOLUTION: What is the slope of the line x = -8?

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Question 177686: What is the slope of the line x = -8?
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Answer by user_dude2008(1862)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Slope is undefined. x=-8 is a vertical line.
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Every point on the line has an x-coordinate of -8. So if you calculate the slope, using:

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the denominator is zero regardless of what two points on the line you select for or . Therefore the slope is undefined. This is a vertical line.


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