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Author(s) Ray C. Jurgensen, Richard G. Brown, John W. Jurgensen

Pages 227 pages

ISBN 9780395977279

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What can you say about the slope of (a) the x-axis? And (b) the y-axis?

The slope of $x - axis$ is 0.
The slope o f $x - axis$ is undefined.

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Part a. Step-1 – Given

The given axis is $x - axis$ .

Step-2 – To determine

We have to find the slope of the $x - axis$ .

Step-3 – Calculation

Slope formula of a line with two points $(x_{1}, y_{1}) and (x_{2}, y_{2})$ is: $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$

Let us take any two points (-1, 0) and (2, 0) on the .

Slope of the line joining these two points, i.e., the slope of $x - axis$ is: $m = \frac{0 - 0}{(2) - (- 1)} = 0$

So, the slope of theis 0.

Part b. Step-1 – Given

The given axis is $y - axis$ .

Step-2 – To determine

We have to find the slope of the $y - axis$ .

Step-3 – Calculation

Slope formula of a line with two points $(x_{1}, y_{1}) and (x_{2}, y_{2}) is$

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$

Let us take any two points (0, 1) and (0, 3) on the $y - axis$ .

Slope of the line joining these two points, i.e., the slope of is $y - axis$ :

$m = \frac{3 - 1}{0 - 0} = \frac{2}{0} = undefined$

So, the slope of the is undefined.

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What can you say about the slope of (a) the x-axis? And (b) the y-axis?

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Part a. Step-1 – Given

Step-2 – To determine

Step-3 – Calculation

Part b. Step-1 – Given

Step-2 – To determine

Step-3 – Calculation

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