document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=51589>Question 51589</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the slope of the line y= -3? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #34430 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rchill><B>rchill(405)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rchill><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=34430\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The slope of any line showing only a scalar for y is 0 and graphs to a horizontal line:  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=graph%28200%2C200%2C-5%2C5%2C-5%2C5%2C-3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"graph%28200%2C200%2C-5%2C5%2C-5%2C5%2C-3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  To solve algegraicly, the slope m of a line is defined as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=%28Y2-Y1%29%2F%28X2-X1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=%28Y2-Y1%29%2F%28X2-X1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Because the values of y are always the same, the numerator equates to 0, which means the slope m is 0. </SPAN>\n" );
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