How do you write a line parallel to #x=-5# and goes through point (1,-2)?

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How do you write a line parallel to #x=-5# and goes through point (1,-2)?

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Answer 1 · 2014-11-13T17:04:12

Since #x=-5# is a vertical line, the line we are looking for is also a vertical line, whose equation is of the form #x=a#. Since it goes through #(1,-2)#, the equation must be #x=1#.

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