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A moving truck rental company charges its customers $165 for the first hour of renting a truck and $95 for each additional hour, plus the cost of gas used. Which equation represents this situation, where $y$ is the total cost, in dollars, of renting a truck from this company for $x$ hours, $w$ is the cost, in dollars, of gas used, and $x\ge 1$?

A

$y=95(x-1)+w$

B

$y=165+95+w$

C

$y=165+95x+w$

D

$y=165+95(x-1)+w$