Concept explainers
Determine whether each statement is true or false, and explain why.
1. A given line can have more than one slope.
To decide: Whether the statement, “A given line can have more than one slope” is true or false.
Answer to Problem 1RE
The statement is false.
Explanation of Solution
A line can have only one slope, so its slope is unique.
There is no possible to get more than one slope.
Thus, the given statement is false.
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