SOLUTION: the cost of a camp is $450 for the first week and $130 for each week beyond the first. The total cost can be modeled by the expression 450 + 130(x - 1). What does (x - 1) represen

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Question 1122726: the cost of a camp is $450 for the first week and $130 for each week beyond the first. The total cost can be modeled by the expression 450 + 130(x - 1). What does (x - 1) represent?
Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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(x-1) represents the number of weeks beyond the first.


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