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The line that passes through the point (4,9) and is parallel to y=3/4x+1

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Parallel means "same slope," so y=mx+b where m is the slope. Therefore m=3/4
Now the new line's equation, in point-slope format: y-y1 = m (x-x1)
y-9 = 3/4 (x-4) ->> y-9 = 3/4x -3 ->> y=3/4x+6
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