SOLUTION: What is the slope of the line y= -3?

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Question 51589: What is the slope of the line y= -3?
Answer by rchill(405) About Me  (Show Source):
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The slope of any line showing only a scalar for y is 0 and graphs to a horizontal line: graph%28200%2C200%2C-5%2C5%2C-5%2C5%2C-3%29. To solve algegraicly, the slope m of a line is defined as m=%28Y2-Y1%29%2F%28X2-X1%29. Because the values of y are always the same, the numerator equates to 0, which means the slope m is 0.