document.write( "Question 1023249: What are the equation and slope of the y-axis? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #638759 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Since every point on the y-axis has 0 as its x-coordinate,\r\n" );
document.write( "for example (0,5), (0,-4), (0,10), (0,1), (0,-100), (0,10000)\r\n" );
document.write( "all have their x coordinates as 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the equation of the y-axis is simply a statement\r\n" );
document.write( "that tells what x is for every point on the y-axis:\r\n" );
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document.write( "x = 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the y-axis is a vertical line and vertical lines are\r\n" );
document.write( "steeper than any other kind of line, no matter how large\r\n" );
document.write( "their slope, and since there is no number larger than all\r\n" );
document.write( "other numbers, the slope cannot be defined, so the y-axis\r\n" );
document.write( "does not have a slope.  \r\n" );
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