document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=38649>Question 38649</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The line whose equation is x=5 is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) is parallel to the y-axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) is parallel to the x-axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C) passes through the origin<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D) Has a slope of 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THE ANSWER IS D, but tell me how to do it, and why the other answers are wrong\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THANK YOU VEWY MUCH, YOU ARE TRULY KIND </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #24204 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><B>Nate(3500)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Nate><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=24204\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Actually, the answer is (A).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is not (B) because it is perpendicular to the x-axis hence it is a vertical line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is not (C) because no point on the line is (0,0).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is not (D) because the slope of vertical lines are undefined. </SPAN>\n" );
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