SOLUTION: How do I write as well as graph an equation of a line passing through point P(−2, 6) that is parallel to the line x=−5?

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Question 1146936: How do I write as well as graph an equation of a line passing through point P(−2, 6) that is parallel to the line x=−5?
Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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Line x = -5 is vertical line in a coordinate plane through the point -5 on x-axis.


Parallel line is also vertical line x = c for some constant value "c".


Since the projected line passes through the point P(-2,6),  c = -2.


ANSWER.  Your line is  x = -2.

         It is vertical line in the coordinate plane through the point x= -2 in the x-axis.