SOLUTION: The following expression models the total cost of the field trip, where x represents the number of students. 80x/x+10+45 What does the constant term in the above expression r

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Question 1141712: The following expression models the total cost of the field trip, where x represents the number of students.
80x/x+10+45
What does the constant term in the above expression represents?

The constant 45 represents the maximum cost of the field trip.
The constant 45 represents the cost of the field trip if 0 students signed up.
The constant 45 represents the maximum number of students that signed up for the trip.
The constant 45 represents the total cost of the field trip paid by the school.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Expression is ambiguous: 80x/x+10+45

Is it which of these?
80x%2F%28x%2B10%29%2B45
OR
80x%2F%28x%2B10%2B45%29

Probably the first of them. So what is the value of the cost expression if x is 0? This should be obvious.