What is the slope of x=-8?

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What is the slope of x=-8?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-18T21:52:14

If a line is described by the formula #y=mx + c#, then #m# is the slope and #c# is the intercept.

In your example #x=-8# cannot be expressed by such a formula. Its graph is a vertical line through #(-8, 0)#, parallel to the #y# axis and its slope is infinite.

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