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Question 1098323: What is the slope of the line through the points (5, 2) and (5, -3)?
Found 3 solutions by Boreal, MathTherapy, amalm06:
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It is the change in y divided by the change in x.
That would be (-3-2)/0, and that is undefined. This is a vertical line at x=5.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is the slope of the line through the points (5, 2) and (5, -3)?
One "x" value mapped to 2 "y" values. This is NOT a function, and therefore has an UNDEFINED slope.
Answer by amalm06(224)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Slope=m=Δy/Δx=(-3-2)/(5-5)=-5/0
The slope is undefined. This is a vertical line passing through (5,2) and (5,-3). The angle it makes with the x-axis is 90 degrees and tan(90) is undefined.
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