Krista and Alexa played balloon darts in a school fair. Krista popped 6 balloons, which is 1 balloon less than Alexa. Complete the working equation that represents the number of balloons, b, that Alexa popped and solve the equation. (1 point) b − 1 = b = balloons
To represent the number of balloons Alexa popped with an equation, we can let b represent the unknown number of balloons.
Since Krista popped 6 balloons, which is 1 less than Alexa, we can write the equation:
b − 1 = 6
To solve for b, we can add 1 to both sides of the equation:
b − 1 + 1 = 6 + 1
This simplifies to:
b = 7
Therefore, Alexa popped 7 balloons.
The equation that represents the number of balloons that Alexa popped is b - 1 = 6.
To solve the equation, we can add 1 to both sides:
b - 1 + 1 = 6 + 1
This simplifies to:
b = 7
Therefore, Alexa popped 7 balloons.
To represent the number of balloons that Alexa popped, we will use the variable "b".
According to the problem, Krista popped 6 balloons, which is 1 balloon less than Alexa. So, the equation representing the number of balloons that Alexa popped is:
b - 1 = 6
To solve this equation, we need to isolate the variable "b" on one side.
First, let's add 1 to both sides of the equation to get rid of the "-1" on the left side:
b - 1 + 1 = 6 + 1
This simplifies to:
b = 7
Therefore, Alexa popped 7 balloons.