Question

How do you find the slope for (-5,3) and (12,3)?

Answer 1

Slope=`0`

Explanation:

Slope is given by

`(Deltay)/(Deltax)`

Where Delta (`Delta`) is the Greek letter that means "change in".

Let's just see how much our `x` changes by, and how much our `y` changes by. Recall that coordinates are of the form (`x,y`).

We now know that `Deltax=17` and `Deltay=0`.

Plugging into our expression for slope, we get

`0/17=color(blue)(0)`

Thus, our slope is zero. This makes sense, because what we have is a horizontal line, of which the slope is always zero.

Hope this helps!