Question

"Ramon runs the marketing department at his company. His department gets a budget every year, and every year, he must spend the entire budget without going over. If he spends less than the budget, then his department gets a smaller budget the following year. At the beginning of this year, Ramon got $2.5 million for the annual marketing budget. He must spend the budget such that  2,500,000−x=0.  What property of addition tells us what the value of x must be?"

Answer 1

Answer:

Property of additive inverse

Explanation:

Given: Ramon got $2.5 million for the annual marketing budget such that he must spend the budget such that  $2,500,000-x=0$  

To find: property of addition that help us to know what the value of x must be

Solution:

1 million is equal to $1,000,000$

So,

$2.5\,\,million=2.5(1,000,000)=2,500,000$

According to property of additive inverse,

$a+(-a)=0$

Given equation is $2,500,000-x=0$

This equation can be written as $2,500,000+(-x)=0$

So,

$x=2,500,000$