SOLUTION: Find the slope of the line through the following pairs of points. (-5, -3) and (-5,2)

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Question 68451: Find the slope of the line through the following pairs of points.
(-5, -3) and (-5,2)
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Find the slope of the line through the following pairs of points.
(-5, -3) and (-5,2)
This is a special case. Notice that the x values of both points (x,y) is -5. If we were to plot the points and connect them, we would have a vertical line going through x=-5. Vertical lines have undefined slopes.
If you tried to find it using the slope formula this is what happens:
highlight%28m=%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29%29, m=slope, (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) are the given points.
In this case, (x1,y1)=(-5,-3) and (x2,y2)=(-5,2)
m=%282-%28-3%29%29%2F%28-5-%28-5%29%29
m=%282%2B3%29%2F%28-5%2B5%29
m=5%2F0 <---this is undefined, you can't divide by 0.
Happy Calculating!!!