Iola has $75. she buys a pair of shoes on sale for one-half off and a pair of socks for $6. she has $32 left. which equation can be used to find x, the regular price of the shoes

step-by-step explanation:

to solve for the problem above, let x be the regular price of the shoe.

1/2x is the one-half price of the shoe then we add 6 for the pair of socks,

1/2x + 6, then lola has 32 left so we add that too, 1/2x + 6 + 32 = 75. the total amount of lola spent is 75 - 32, which is 1/2x +  6.

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: