SOLUTION: Please help me find the slope of the line that goes through the given points (6,6) and (5,6)

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Question 102178: Please help me find the slope of the line that goes through the given points
(6,6) and (5,6)

Answer by doukungfoo(195) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If given two points on a line you can find the slope of that line using this formula:
m=%28y%5B1%5D-y%5B2%5D%29%2F%28x%5B1%5D-x%5B2%5D%29
So we are given two points (6,6) and (5,6)
First thing we should notice is that these points have the same y coordinate.
So the line that contains these two points is a horizontal line. And horizontal lines always have a slope of zero.
Lets go ahead and put the points into the formula and see what happens.
m=%28y%5B1%5D-y%5B2%5D%29%2F%28x%5B1%5D-x%5B2%5D%29
m=%286-6%29%2F%286-5%29
m=0%2F1
m=0
Sure enough the slope is zero.