A school plans to spend twice the amount it did last year on its winter dance, less the cost of the

Question

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)
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Answer 1

To set up the equation given the information:

Let \( a \) represent last year's budget for the winter dance.

According to the problem, the school plans to spend twice last year's budget minus the cost of the disco ball which is $150. The total amount being spent this year is $1,500.

We can write the equation as follows:

\[ 2a - 150 = 1500 \]

This equation represents the relationship described in the problem.