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What is the equation of a vertical line passing thorugh (-1,2) ?

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The equation of a vertical line passing through a point is found and discussed. The solution is detailed and well presented.

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A vertical line is a collection of points that *regardless* of their y coordinate, keep the same x-coordinate.

Since we know that one of the points has an x-coordinate value of -1 then ALL the points ...

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