keeping in mind that parallel lines have exactly the same slope, let's check for the slope of the equation above

so we're really looking for the equation of a lline whose slope is 4/3 and it passes through (4 , -8) in standard form
standard form for a linear equation means
• all coefficients must be integers, no fractions
• only the constant on the right-hand-side
• all variables on the left-hand-side, sorted
• "x" must not have a negative coefficient

