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A data analyst is using a spreadsheet to calculate the slope of various trend lines on a coordinate grid. When calculating the slope of a vertical line representing a specific deadline, the spreadsheet returns a 'division by zero' error. According to the slope formula m=y2y1x2x1m = \frac{y_2 - y_1}{x_2 - x_1}, which part of the calculation is equal to zero for any vertical line?

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