SOLUTION: What is the y-intercept of the line parallel to 2y = 3x + 8 and passing through (4, 16)?

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Question 331547: What is the y-intercept of the line parallel to 2y = 3x + 8 and passing through
(4, 16)?

Answer by JBarnum(2146)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

keep the slope since its //
substitute x and y, and replace 4 with b
solve for b


this is you y-intercept

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