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A geographic information system (GIS) specialist is mapping a new secondary power line that must run exactly perpendicular to an existing high-voltage transmission corridor modeled by the equation y=3x+1y = 3x + 1. The secondary line must connect to a grid substation located at coordinates (4, 2). Using the five-step algebraic mapping method, the specialist determines that the final equation of the secondary line in slope-intercept form is y=13x+by = -\frac{1}{3}x + b. What is the value of the y-intercept, bb, of the secondary line? Express your answer as a simplified fraction. ____

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