Find the slope of the line through the given points. ( 8, -2) and ( 8, -1)
Since 8-8 is 0 would the slope be 0 or would there be no slope?
The slope is undefined (a vertical line). The equation of the line is x = 8; one cannot describe the line in the form "y=".
*That would be the equation of a vertical line through those two points.
This would be slope equalls rise over run? would it be 1/16?
Marth is correct. The slope is infinite or "undefined" for a vertical line, and the equation is x = 8.
"Rise over run" for those two points is 1/0, which is infinite.
okay. I think I get it. Thank you both.
To find the slope of a line passing through two points, we can use the formula:
slope = (change in y-coordinates) / (change in x-coordinates)
Given the points (8, -2) and (8, -1), we can see that the x-coordinate for both points is the same, which means there is no change in the x-coordinates. Therefore, the change in x-coordinates would be 0.
Since the slope formula involves dividing by the change in x-coordinates, dividing by 0 is undefined in mathematics. Therefore, in this case, the slope would be undefined or there would be no slope.