Question

Question
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)

Answer 1

Let's denote the number of balloons that Alexa popped as \( b \).

According to the problem, Krista popped 6 balloons, which is 1 balloon less than the number Alexa popped. We can express this relationship with the following equation:

\[
6 = b - 1
\]

Now, to solve for \( b \), we can add 1 to both sides of the equation:

\[
6 + 1 = b
\]

This simplifies to:

\[
b = 7
\]

So, Alexa popped 7 balloons.