When 500 phone books are recycled, which of the following statements is false?
a.
conserves around 9 cubic yards in landfill space
b.
conserves around 17-31 trees
c.
conserves around 4,077 kilowatt hours of energy
d.
conserves around 463 gallons of oil

The answer is A

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:

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step-by-step explanation: