SOLUTION: Find the slope, if it exists for x=-3 M=____(type an interger or fraction.

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Question 206631: Find the slope, if it exists for x=-3
M=____(type an interger or fraction.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you graph the equation x=-3, you'll get a vertical line at x=-3. Because the slope is comprised of the 'rise' over the 'run', this means that you'll have a 'rise' of some unknown value (we'll call it 'x') over a 'run' of 0. So we'll have the slope x%2F0. Since you CANNOT divide by zero, this means that the slope is undefined.

So the slope for x=-3 is undefined.