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Write an equation to represent the situation below and answer the question. You may use the 5-D Process to help you.
Andrew just opened a new office supply store. He has been keeping track of how many customers visit his store. During his second week, he had
Create an expression to represent this problem using a variable,
Each of the weeks ultimately relates to the first week, so we can define the first week's customers as
First week :
Second week:
Third Week:
Fourth Week:
Create an expression by summing up each of the week's customers to total 382 as given by the problem, then solve for the variable. Remember, the second week's customers was 18 more than the first week's (