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) repres
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Question 1121678: 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.
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, Boreal:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is D
The amount per week is for each week AFTER or beyond the first, so the first week is not counted.
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