SOLUTION: write the equation of aline passing through (4, -8) and perpendicular to the x-axis?

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Question 323890: write the equation of aline passing through (4, -8) and perpendicular to the x-axis?
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Any line perpendicular to the -axis is a vertical line. Vertical lines have the property that the -coordinates of ALL points on the line are equal. Therefore, an equation of a vertical line has the form where is the value of the -coordinate of any point on the line. Since you are given a point where the -coordinate is equal to 4, then all the other points on the line must have an -coordinate equal to 4.

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