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)

Question

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)

Answer 1

Let's assume that the amount spent last year is represented by the variable b.

According to the given information, the school plans to spend twice the amount it did last year, which means they plan to spend 2b.

However, they also subtract the cost of the disco ball, which is $150. Therefore, the total amount spent this year is 2b - $150.

But we know that the total amount spent this year is $1,500. So we can write the equation:

2b - $150 = $1,500.

So the equation that will determine the amount of last year's budget is 2b - $150 = $1,500.