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Graphs of Sine and Cosine · Medium problem

What is the phase (horizontal) shift of y=5cos⁡(12x+π3)−4y = 5\cos\left(\dfrac{1}{2}x + \dfrac{\pi}{3}\right) - 4 relative to y=cos⁡xy = \cos x? Give the signed shift as an exact multiple of π\pi (positive means to the right).