for the line that passes through the point (4,2) and is parallel to the line whose equation is y = x/3 - 1 being parallel means to have the exact same slope, therefore in the format y = mx + b, the slope (m) is 1/3 so now we need the line that has a slope of 1/3 and passes thru (4, 2) we'll use the "point-slope" format for this: now solve for y: THEREFORE C) y = 3x - 2/3 IS THE CORRECT ANSWER!