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document.write( "The line x=-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is simply a vertical line that crosses the x-axis at -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, a line parallel to this has to be a vertical line thus the vertical line would be:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5  (this is the equation of the new line parallel to x=-2 and crosses (5,3))<BR>\n" );
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