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What is the equation of a line that is parallel to y=2/3x+4 and passes through the point (3,7)

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Answer:

y=2/3x+5

Explanation:

Parallel lines share the same slope so we already know the slope: 2/3.

Now we need to find the y-intercept for the equation. To do that, replace 4 with b. We have y=2/3x+b.

To find out what b is, we need to plug in the x and y values we are given into the current equation. We get 7=2/3(3)+b.

7=2+b

5=b

Now we can put all the information we have together.

y=2/3x+5

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