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Choose the equation of the horizontal line that passes through the point (1, -5).x = 1x = -5y = -5y = 1

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Eqautions of horizontal lines are given by y = k, where k is a constant.

And points on this line are of the form (x, k) for all values of x.

Our point is (1, -5),

In this case, k = -5. So the horizontal line that passes through (1, -5) is

y = -5

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