SOLUTION: What is an equation of the line that is parallel to y=1/2x-3 and has an x-intercept of -4?
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Question 324186: What is an equation of the line that is parallel to y=1/2x-3 and has an x-intercept of -4?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a line has an 
intercept of -4 it passes through the point )
. Parallel lines have equal slopes.
So use the point-slope form:
 )
where )
are the coordinates of the given point and 
is the given/calculated slope.
John
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