document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=224247>Question 224247</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the slope intercept form of the equation of the line through the given point with the given slope.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "through: (2,5), slope=undefined\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "through: (2,5), slope=undefined\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1.  When you see the slope is undefined then the line is a vertical line or at x=a where a is the x-intercept.  An undefined slope means the slope is too large to describe or m is infinity.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2.  For (2,5), then x=2 and y=5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 3.  ANSWER:  The equation of the line is x=2 ( a vertical line)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We note that a line in slope-intercept form is given as y=mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y-intercept when x=0 or at point (0,b).  But the slope is undefined in this case.  \r<BR>\n" );
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