Question

A small bakery was in debt $3,985. As part of a business assistance program, $2,761 of its debt was forgiven, or taken away. The subtraction expression -3985 - (-2761) reflects this scenario.

1) Write and solve an ADDITION EQUATION to reflect this situation.
2) What does the answer tell you about the business?

Answer 1

An addition equation reflecting the forgiveness of part of the bakery's debt is -3985 + 2761, which equals -1224. This means that after the forgiveness, the bakery's debt is reduced to $1,224.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given scenario describes a small bakery that was originally in debt with an amount of $3,985. To represent the forgiveness of $2,761 of its debt, we can write and solve an addition equation instead of the given subtraction expression. The addition equation to reflect the reduction in debt would be:

Original debt + Negative of forgiven debt

-3985 + 2761 = X

When solved, this equation gives us X = -1224. This result indicates that after the forgiveness, the bakery's debt is reduced to $1,224.