document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=176424>Question 176424</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please answer my question: write an equation of the line that passes through     (-5,3) and is perpendicular to the x-axis in slope-intercept form  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Perpendicular to the x-axis is parallel to the y-axis, or vertical.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means x is constant, regardless of the the value of y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> x = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is no slope-intercept form possible, unless you make it<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0y = -x + 5<BR>\n" );
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