258.What is the slope of the line segment shown in
the following graph?
a.^53
b.–^53
c.–^35
d.^35 259.Which of the following is an accurate charac-
terization of the slope of the y-axis?
a.It has a slope of zero.
b.Its slope is undefined.
c.It has a positive slope.
d.It has a negative slope.
260.What is the slope of the line segment in the fol-
lowing graph?a.–2
b. 2
c.–^23
d.^23 (10,2)(0,0)(–2,–6)xy(–3,0)(0,–5)xy- LINEAR EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES–