SOLUTION: "Explain in your own words(at least 50 words) why the line x = 4 is a vertical line?" I think i know the answer i just have a hard time explaining this can you help me?

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Question 149527: "Explain in your own words(at least 50 words) why the line x = 4 is a
vertical line?"
I think i know the answer i just have a hard time explaining this can you help me?

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Notice that "y" is nowhere to be seen in this equation. This means that y can be any value while x must be equal to 4.

So let's plot the points (4,-5), (4,-4), (4,-3), (4,-2), (4,-1), (4,0), (4,1), (4,2), (4,3), (4,4), and (4,5)

Notice how all of these points have the x coordinate 4 and y is any value.





Now draw a line through these points to graph x=4



Graph of x=4

So we can see that the line is a vertical line through x=4