Question 110181This question is from textbook
: Write the equation of the line through (44, 46) that is perpendicular to the x-axis.
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Answer by bucky(2189)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The equation of a line perpendicular to the x-axis is of the form:
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x = k
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where k is a constant. This is the equation of a vertical line, and a vertical line is
perpendicular to the horizontal x-axis.
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In this problem you are told that the line must go through the point (44, 46). This means
that x will have a constant value of 44. Therefore, the answer you are looking for is the equation:
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x = 44
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This tells you that any point having an x value of 44 is on the line. The following
points are therefore on the line: (44,-1200), (44,-10), (44,0), (44,5), (44,46), (44,50000) ...
and if you plot all these coordinate pairs you will see they form a vertical line through
the point x = 44 on the x-axis.
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Hope this helps you to visualize what's going on here.
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