Apples are cut into 8 pieces to be shared among some children. Twenty-two bags of seven apples are used. How many pieces of apple are cut?

1232 pieces

Work Shown:

1 bag = 7 apples

22 bags = 22*7 = 154 apples

So we have 154 apples to work with in total.

Each of those apples is cut into 8 pieces, giving us 8*154 = 1232 pieces

We can write it as one single calculation to say 22*7*8 = 1232

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: