Without an equality sign the given expression can't be considered to be an equation.
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No. This is not true. It is false. The equation is an example of direct variation.
Graphs of direct variation pass through the origin so the y-intercept would be 0.
y=3x is a direct variation in that y varies directly with x by a factor of 3. Any linear equation (a polynomial of degree 1, which is a polynomial equation with a highest exponent of 1), is a direct variation of y to x by some constant, and this constant is simply the coefficient of the "x" term. Other examples: y=(1/2)x is a direct variation, and the constant of variation is 1/2 y=-9x is a direct variation, and the constant of variation is -9
For a direct variation equation the constant MUST be 0. Then the ratio of a pair of values of the two variables is the slope.
Without an equality sign the information given does not represent an equation.