The equation that can be used to determine the number of balloons Alexa popped is 5 + n = 13. To solve for n, we need to subtract 5 from both sides of the equation.
n = 13 - 5
n = 8
Alexa popped 8 balloons.
Krista and Alexa played balloon darts in a school fair. Krista popped 5 balloons and Alexa popped n balloons. Together, they popped a total of 13 balloons. Which equation can be used to determine the number of balloons Alexa popped? How many balloons did she pop?
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