100 points. You purchased a bond 10 years ago for $862. Today, the bond pays you $1000. Over the same period, overall inflation is 25%. In today's dollar, the price of the bond is $ . 2 decimal places answer please.

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;

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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:

because they could drop even lower..

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step-by-step explanation: