How do you find the slope and y intercept for $y = 2x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-27T12:18:08

Any linear equation in the form
$y = mx+b$ is in slope-intercept form with a slope of $m$ and a y-intercept of $b$

$y=2x$
can be easily converted into this form:
$y = 2x + 0$
with a slope of $2$ and a y-intercept of $0$

How do you find the slope and y intercept for y = 2xy = 2x?