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What is the equation of a line parallel to the y axis?

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Thus, if P(x, y) is any point on AB, then x = a. Hence, the equation of a straight line parallel to y-axis at a distance a from it is x = a. The equation of y-axis is x = 0, since, y-axis is a parallel to itself at a distance 0 from it.

What is the equation of a line parallel to the y axis?-example-1
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If any point on AB, then x = a. Hence, the equation of a straight line parallel to y-axis at a distance a from it is x = a.

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