Find the slope of the line passing through the points (10, –4) and (–4, –4).
2006-08-20 17:32:34 · 4 answers · asked by King 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
pretty good, i was learning this last week
slope formula is
y2 - y1
--------
x2- x1
so
-4 - -4
--------
10 - -4
which is
0
--
14
which would be undefined
2006-08-20 17:43:28 · answer #1 · answered by tiffanylovestodance 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slope may always be thought of as a fraction of the form "the change in y divided by the change in x". The order in which you take the coordinate pairs is irrelevant (Those are those animals in the circus). For the numerator we would have (-4) - (-4) which is zero. For the denominator we have (10) - (-4) which is 14. The fraction 0/14 evaluates to 0, so the slope is 0.
2006-08-21 00:50:12 · answer #2 · answered by cyphre 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slope is change in rise over change in run so
-4--4
_____
-4-10
= 0
___
-14
this equals 0. So your slope is zero and you are looking at a straight horizontal line.
2006-08-21 00:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by psycho-cook 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its easy assign this things.. (x1,y1) (x2,y2)
then get the slope m = (y2-y1)/ (x2-x1)
m = (-4-(-4))/(-4-10)
m = (0)/-14
m = 0
2006-08-21 01:46:06 · answer #4 · answered by -xue- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋