How do you find the slope of the line through (0, 5) and (5, 5)?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-07T05:04:58

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The slope can be found by using the formula: $m = (color(red)(y_2) - color(blue)(y_1))/(color(red)(x_2) - color(blue)(x_1))$

Where $m$ is the slope and ( $color(blue)(x_1, y_1)$ ) and ( $color(red)(x_2, y_2)$ ) are the two points on the line.

Substituting the values from the points in the problem gives:

$m = (color(red)(5) - color(blue)(5))/(color(red)(5) - color(blue)(0))$

$m = 0/5 = 0$

The slope of this line is $0$ .

Also, because both points have the same $y$ value we know this is a horizontal line and a horizontal line by definition has a slope of $m = 0$