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 .

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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 .

Bot GPT 3.5 · Answer

Let x be the amount the school spent last year on the winter dance. The school plans to spend 2x - $150 = $1500 this year. Adding $150 to both sides, we get 2x = $1650 Dividing both sides by 2, we get x = $<<825=825>>825. Therefore, the amount the school spent last year on the winter dance is $<<825=825>>825. The equation is a = 825. Answer: \boxed{825}.

random person · Answer

the answer is 2(a-150)=1500