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Project Budgeting Notations
A project manager is tracking costs for a software implementation. They use the following two mathematical notations in their report:
Notation 1: c + r (representing the sum of current costs and remaining costs)
Notation 2: c + r = B (representing the statement that current and remaining costs must equal the total budget)
Identify which of these notations is the algebraic equation and name the specific mathematical symbol that distinguishes it from being an expression.
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