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Question 9625: I have this problem that says can you find the slope of the line passing through (6,-2) and (-8,-2)? Why or why not?
Found 2 solutions by askmemath, rapaljer:
Answer by askmemath(368) About Me  (Show Source):
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Slope of a line,given 2 points can be found by (Diff of y co-ordinates)/(Diff of x-co-ords)
In this case -2 -(-2)= -2 +2 = 0
Which means that the slope = 0 This implies that the 2 points are not joined by a straight line.

Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Slope is the rise over the run, or the change in y divided by the change in x.

As a formula, you may be familiar with this: %28y%5B2%5D+-+y%5B1%5D%29%2F%28x%5B2%5D+-+x%5B1%5D%29+

The slope in this case is +%28-2-%28-2%29+%29%2F%28-8+-+6%29+= %28-2%2B2%29%2F%28-14%29
m = 0%2F%28-14%29+=+0

R^2 at SCC