SOLUTION: What is the equation of line parallel to {{{y=1/2(x)-3}}} that contains the point(4,2)?

SOLUTION: What is the equation of line parallel to {{{y=1/2(x)-3}}} that contains the point(4,2)?

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Question 547207: What is the equation of line parallel to that contains the point(4,2)?
Answer by mathie123(224) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Recall that if a line is parallel, this means that the slope is the same.
The slope in the line is
Plugging this slope and the given point into the line formula we get:

We need to solve for b.

So the equation of the line is

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