Aretail grocer bought a case of 12 packages of coffee for $52.32. how much did the retailer pay for each package of coffee?

divide 53.32 by 12 which is 4.36$ per package of coffee

The retail grocer paid $4.36 per package.

You would take the price for the whole case, $52.32 and divide it by the number of packages in the case, 12. There's your answer.

what?

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: