Illustrative image showing a winter dance occurring in a school setting. The lively scene includes students enjoying the dance floor lit by frosty lights and a disco ball shimmering overhead. We can tell it's a winter dance from the snowflakes decorations and students bundled up in stylish warm attire. The budget amount is cleverly represented through a pile of coins to the side excluding a smaller pile representing $150, corresponding to the saved amount from the disco ball. Please note, the image does not contain any text.

school plans to spend twice the amount it did last year on its winter dance, less the cost of the disco ball which was $150, since they have it from last year. A total of $1,500 is being spent this year. Fill in the blanks to write an equation that will determine the amount of last year’s budget, a .(a −

) =

A school plans to spend twice the amount it did last year on its winter dance, less the cost of the disco ball which was $150, since they have it from last year. A total of $1,500 is being spent this year. Fill in the blanks to write an equation that will determine the amount of last year's budget, a. (2 points)

_______(a-_____)=_______

(a − 150) = 1500