Asked by Zoe

Charlotte has 30 beads. she has 8 more red beads than blue beads. what equation represents this situation

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let b = number of blue beads. Then the red beads = b + 8 and total beads = 30, so
b + (b + 8) = 30.
You can also write the pair: r = b + 8 and r + b = 30.

(If you solve: 2b + 8 = 30 → 2b = 22 → b = 11, so red = 19.)