Someone. halp. me. i have no idea what i'm doing here a signature line on a certificate is 4 inches long. if karla wants to leave a 3/4-inch blank space at each end of her signature, how long is the portion of the line on which she can sign her name? express your answer as a mixed number.

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: