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Write an equation for the line parallel to the y-axis through the point (5,0)

Write an equation for the line parallel to the y-axis through the point (5,0)-example-1
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The y-axis is a vertical line. All the parallel lines to the y-axis will be vertical lines with the following form


\begin{gathered} x=b \\ b\in\mathfrak{\Re } \end{gathered}

A vertical line has the same value of x for every point. Since it passes through (5, 0), the line is


x=5

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