SOLUTION: The cost of a camp is $300 for the first week and $125 for each week beyond the first. The total cost can be modeled by the expression 300 + 125(x – 1). What does (x – 1) represe

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Question 1091044: The cost of a camp is $300 for the first week and $125 for each week
beyond the first. The total cost can be modeled by the expression
300 + 125(x – 1). What does (x – 1) represent?
A. The number of weeks.
B. The cost of two weeks.
C. The cost of weeks after the first week.
D. The number of weeks after the first week.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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300+%2B+125%28x-1%29
-> $300 is constant that represent the cost of a camp for the first week
->125 times each week beyond the first which is%28x-1%29 (the number of weeks x minus first week)
so, %28x-1%29 represent
D. The number of weeks after the first week