document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=390211>Question 390211</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is an equation of the line that is parallel to the y-axis and passes through the point (2,4)? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A line parallel to the y-axis is a vertical line.  Vertical lines have the characteristic that the x-coordinates of all of the points that comprise the line are equal.  Since a line is a set of points, you can describe the desired line by saying:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which means \"give me the set of all ordered pairs (x,y) where x is equal to 2 and y is every possible real value\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation is then simply\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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