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Which equation represents a line which is perpendicular to the y-axis?

Which equation represents a line which is perpendicular to the y-axis?-example-1
User Yan Berk
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Answer:

y = 5

Explanation:

The y-axis and any lines that are parallel to it are vertical. Therefore, a line that would be perpendicular to the y-axis would need to be horizontal. All horizontal lines have a slope equal to 0 and are represented by the equation y = a constant, or a single number with no variables.

The only option that follows that format is y = 5, thus that is the answer.

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