What is the slope of the line through P(2, 8) and Q(0, 8)?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-26T23:40:18

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The formula for slope is:

#m=(y_"2"-y_"1")/(x_"2"-x_"1")#

where:
m = slope
#(x_"1", y_"1")=(0,8)#
#(x_"2", y_"2")=(2,8)#

#m=(y_"2"-y_"1")/(x_"2"-x_"1")#

#m=((8)-(8))/((2)-(0))#

#m=0/2#

#m=0#

Since the slope is 0, this means that the y values do not increase, but remain constant. Instead, only the x values decrease and increase.

Here is a graph of of the linear equation:

graph{0x+8 [-14.36, 14.11, -2.76, 11.49]}