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

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-01T23:28:11

The x-intercept is $(0, 0)$ $(0,0)$ .

The y-intercept is $(0, 0)$ $(0,0)$ .

This means that the line passes through the origin.

The x-intercept is the value of $x$ $x$ when $y = 0$ $y=0$ .

Substitute $0$ $0$ for $y$ $y$ and solve for $x$ $x$ .

$0 = 2 x$ $0=2x$

Divide both sides by $0$ $0$ .

$\frac{0}{2} = \frac{2 x}{x}$ $0/2=(2x)/x$

Simplify.

$0 = x$ $0=x$

x-intercept: $(0, 0)$ $(0,0)$

The y-intercept is the value of $y$ $y$ when $x = 0$ $x=0$ .

Substitute $0$ $0$ for $x$ $x$ and solve for $y$ $y$ .

$y = 2 (0)$ $y=2(0)$

Simplify.

$y = 0$ $y=0$

y-intercept: $(0, 0)$ $(0,0)$

graph{y=2x [-10, 10, -5, 5]}

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