How do you find the slope of the line #y=2#?

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MeneerNask
Mar 31, 2015

The slope is #0#

The line #y=2# gives the value #y=2# for any value of #x#

So it is a horizontal line, crossing the #y-#axis at the #y-#intercept of #2#. Therefore, there is no slope, or better said: the slope is #0#

A slope-intercept equation would be #y=0*x+2#

Alan P.
Mar 31, 2015

The slope of a line is given by
#(Delta y)/(Delta x) = # change in #y# for a corresponding change in #x#.

For #y=2# the change in #y# (#Delta y#) is #0# regardless of the change in #x#,
so
slope of #y=2# is #0#

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