The soccer team at Cesar Chavez Middle School created a team flag using a parallelogram inside a rectangle. The diagram shows the dimensions of the flag. What is the area of the non-shaded part of the flag in square inches?
12.25 in.²
29.75 in.²
14.75 in.²
21 in.²

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:

can you put the picture up?

step-by-step explanation: