SOLUTION: How can you find an equation of a line satisfying the given conditions: Perpendicular to x=2 and passing through (3,4)?

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Question 52241: How can you find an equation of a line satisfying the given conditions: Perpendicular to x=2 and passing through (3,4)?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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x=2 is a vertical line. Any line perpendicular to this must be a horizontal line, which is a line in the form of y = a number.

A horizonal line that passes through (3,4) must have y = 4.

The final answer is the horizontal line y = 4.

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