What is the equation of the horizontal line that passes through the point (5,2) in the xy-coordinate plane?

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Shwetank Mauria
Feb 6, 2018

The equation of the horizontal line that passes through the point #(5,2)# is #y=2#

Explanation:

The equation of the horizontal lines is of the type #y=k#.

Such lines pass through all points whose ordinate is #k#.

As ordinate of #(5,2)# is #2#,

the equation of the horizontal line that passes through the point #(5,2)# is #y=2#

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