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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Undefined. This is a vertical line. One characteristic that makes this a vertical line is that the

-coordinate of every point on the line has the exact same

-coordinate value, in this case the value 5.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Consider the slope formula:\r
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-coordinates, then the denominator of the slope formula is zero. Anything with a zero denominator is undefined.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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