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document.write( "How do I graph x=1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make a table of points.  Since the letter y does not\r\n" );
document.write( "appear in the equation, the choices for y is\r\n" );
document.write( "arbitrary,  so we can choose any number for y. However\r\n" );
document.write( "there is only one number that can be chosen for x, and\r\n" );
document.write( "that is 1 because the equation is x=1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So make this table:\r\n" );
document.write( " x | y\r\n" );
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document.write( " 1 | 7\r\n" );
document.write( " 1 |-2\r\n" );
document.write( " 1 | 1\r\n" );
document.write( " 1 | 4\r\n" );
document.write( " 1 |-6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Plot those points and you get:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now draw a straight line through them.\r\n" );
document.write( "As you see you get a vertical line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The graph of \"x = (a number)\" is always\r\n" );
document.write( "a vertical line which is that number of units\r\n" );
document.write( "away from and parallel to the y-axis.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The graph of \"y = (a number)\" is always\r\n" );
document.write( "a horizontal line which is that number of units\r\n" );
document.write( "away from and parallel to the x-axis.\r\n" );
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