Question #03596

2 Answers
Dec 5, 2017

Undefined.

Explanation:

From the above graph:
If you were to take 2 arbitrary points on the line and determine the slope, the following would be the result;

Slope (m) = (y_2 - y_1)/(x_2 - x_1) Slope(m)=y2y1x2x1

Taking coordinates (1,1) and (1,2), we get:

m = (2-1)/(1-1) = 1/0m=2111=10
Since, anything divided by zero equals Undefined.

Therefore, the Slope(m) of the line is Undefined.

Dec 7, 2017

Undefined.

Explanation:

Even though it may seem irrelevant to the question, I will explain why the slop is undefined.

Here is one of the many reasons.
If 1/010 is infinity, then we can say that 2/020 is also infinity.(By the way, infinity is only a quantity, not a number)

By our rule that if a/b=c/bab=cb then a=ca=c, it results this:1=21=2 which we know is not true.

Therefore, the line is undefined.