A shipping company charges 6 dollars to ship a package that weighs up to 1 pound and 2 dollars for each additional pound or portion of a pound. Which equation represents the cost, in dollars, of shipping a package that weighs x pounds?

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f of x is equal to 6 plus 2 lceil x minus 1 rceil , where  x is greater than 0

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A shipping company charges 6 dollars to ship a package that weighs up to 1 pound and 2 dollars for each additional pound or portion of a pound. Which equation represents the cost, in dollars, of shipping a package that weighs x pounds?

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