document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=347988>Question 347988</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Trying to determine the slope of the line x = -1 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #248796 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ovie27><B>ovie27(16)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ovie27><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=248796\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The slope of the line x=-1 is 0. This line is vertical to the y-axis, therefore, the slope is 0. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is 0 because the line that x=-1 makes is a straight line going through x=-1, it does not pass through two points needed to find the slope of a line.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of a line is delta(y)/delta(x). The line has to pass through two points with coordinates (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) and this is a line whose equation is simply x=-1, so there is no slope, it's just zero. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You know, I made a mistake, it's not 0. the slope doesn't exist actually because there is no y value, and the x value would be 0 and you cannot divide by 0, so the slope doesn't exist. Sorry about that. </SPAN>\n" );
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