Question

Students plan to pay back half the debt now though fundraising, and the rest after the harvest. Write an equation to represent the debt they will repay through fundraising. Use a negative integer to show debt. Use "D" to represent the debt that will be repaid by through fundraising

Answer 1

D =
`(-d)/(-2)`

Explanation:

The amount of money that the students will pay back with the fundraiser (D) would be half of the current debt (d) since debt is represented as a negative but the fundraiser needs to be a positive since it is money gained we would divide by -2

D =
`(-d)/(-2)`

This equation shows the debt that will be repaid through the fundraiser which would be exactly half of the current debt.