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The cost of having one pizza delivered is $14. Each additional pizza cost $9 more. Write the explicit and recursive formula to represent the situation.​​

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Answer:

14+9(x-1)=y

Explanation:

If x is the number of pizza's being delivered and the first pizza costs $14 then that pizza is already accounted for by the 14 in the equation, so you subtract x by 1 before multiplying it by 9, then add the 14 to the product you then get the total cost: y

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