SOLUTION: find the slope of the line containing these two points (5,-2) and ( -4,-2)

Question 581669: find the slope of the line containing these two points (5,-2) and ( -4,-2)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Quick Method: The y coordinates are the same. Therefore, the slope is 0. Visually, this is a horizontal line (and all horizontal lines have slopes of 0)

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Longer Method:

Note:

is the first point

. So this means that and .
Also,

is the second point

. So this means that and .

Start with the slope formula.

Plug in , , , and

Subtract from to get

Subtract from to get

Reduce

So the slope of the line that goes through the points

and

is

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