How do you find the slope of a line #y=5#?

Answer 1

You could re-write the given equation #y=5# in slope-intercept form as #color(white)("XXXXX")##y = 0*x +5# with a slope of #0# and a y-intercept of #5#.

or you could simply recognize this equation as a horizontal line with slope of #0#

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Answer 2

Eva Adamson

The slope of a line represented by the equation y = 5 is 0. This is because the line is horizontal, meaning it does not rise or fall as x changes. Therefore, the slope, which represents the rate of change of y with respect to x, is zero.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.