Liam had a container of oatmeal that contained 5 and one-half cups of oatmeal. Liam ate StartFraction 4 over 9 EndFraction cup of oatmeal every morning before school for a week. Which is the best estimate of the number of cups of oatmeal that Liam had left in the container at the end of the five-day week? 2 and one-half
3
3 and one-half
5

the direct variation says that:

then the equation is of the form is given by:

            where k is the constant variation.

from the given table:

consider any value of x and m(x)=y

x = 2 and m(x)=y = 3

substitute these value in [1]; we have;

divide both sides by 2 we get;

⇒

check:

put x = -1 and m(x) = -1.5

substitute in the equation:

-1.5 = -1.5                   true

therefore, the function m(x) represents a direct variation

graph of this function as shown below: