Ramona's class has collected 42 cans in a food drive. they plan to sort the cans into y bags, with an equal number of cans in each bag. write an expression to show how many cans there will be in each bag.

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of cans in each bag = Total divided by number of bags

= 42 ÷ y

3.76%

step-by-step explanation:

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: