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A rectangular bird feeder costs $18.00. A cylindrical bird feeder costs $24.00. The expected cost to keep the rectangular bird feeder filled is $3.00 per week. The expected cost the keep the cylindrical bird feeder filled is $2.00 per week. The equation below models the break-even point.

18 + 3x = 24 + 2x

What does x represent?

the total cost to fill the rectangular bird feeder after any number of weeks
the total cost to fill the cylindrical bird feeder after any number of weeks
the number of weeks the bird feeders are filled
the number of bird feeders purchased each week

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
x represents the number of weeks the bird feeders are filled.

Reason: 18 and 24 are the purchase costs; 3x and 2x are weekly filling costs (weekly cost × number of weeks), so x is the number of weeks.