The grocery store sells kumquats for $4.50 a pound and asian pears for $4.00 a pound. write an equation in standard form for the weights of kumquats k and asian pears p that a customer could buy with $12.

k = kumquats

p = Asian pears

4.50k + 4.00p= 12

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:

i believe the answer is letter c) 8

step-by-step explanation: