Re: Time for a new FAQ? [ plus a tiny fraction of my ascii collection... ;) ]

Ooooh, Calculus... I think I'll stick my nose in here and spew some
useless fact that likely nobody really cares about.

Technically it is true that the slope of a vertical line is undefined,
most math geeks say it has an infinite slope because...

   The formula for slope is   Rise    ( y / x )
                             ------
                              Run

So as x approaches 0, the slope gets larger and larger and larger, pretty
much going off to infinity... So while it is true that the slope of a
vertical line is undefined, the term "infinite slope" is used just to be
more specific...

I hope y'all were paying attention, there's going to be a quiz later...

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On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Randy Gardner wrote:

> Randy Gardner wrote:
> > You forgot to label the first line, |.
> > It should be:
> > 
> > +oo or -oo
> > 
> > Also defined by x=0
> 
> Let me ammend to that:  a vertical line has an undefined slope,
> if you plot y as a function of x.  The formula of a vertical
> line is x=0, which is impossible with the standered y=mx+b.

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