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?
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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