Joe and Andrew shot baskets in a school fair. Joe made 9 baskets, which is 2 more baskets more than Andrew. Supply the correct numbers to complete the equation that can be used to determine the number of baskets, b, that Andrew made.

Question

b + __ = __

Answer 1

We know that Joe made 9 baskets and that this is 2 more than the number of baskets Andrew made. We can express the relationship with an equation.

Let \( b \) be the number of baskets that Andrew made. According to the information given, we can set up the equation as follows:

\[ b + 2 = 9 \]

So we can complete the equation:

b + 2 = 9