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

Question

, that Andrew made.

Answer 1

To find the number of baskets \( b \) that Andrew made, we can set up the equation based on the information provided.

Joe made 9 baskets, which is 2 more than Andrew. Therefore, we can express this relationship with the equation:

\[ b + 2 = 9 \]

To solve for \( b \), we can subtract 2 from both sides:

\[ b = 9 - 2 \] \[ b = 7 \]

So, Andrew made 7 baskets. The completed equation is:

\[ b + 2 = 9 \]