Question

A company makes a profit of $1.38 million. This is $2.54 million more than last year. Write and solve an equation to find the profit p (in millions of dollars) last year.

An equation is
=1.38. ??

The profit last year was $(??)
million.

Answer 1

Answer:

-1.16

Step-by-step explanation:

1.38 - 2.54 = p

solve that, and to explain it, it says that it was making 1.38 mil this year but last year it was 2.54 mil less so you would subtract 2.54 from 1.38 since 1.38 is the main answer, so last year they were in the negatives