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

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Answer 1

To represent the scenario with an equation, we know that Krista popped 6 balloons, which is 1 balloon less than the number of balloons Alexa popped. We can set up the equation as follows:

\[ b - 1 = 6 \]

Now, let's solve for \( b \):

1. Add 1 to both sides of the equation:

\[ b - 1 + 1 = 6 + 1 \]

This simplifies to:

\[ b = 7 \]

So, Alexa popped 7 balloons.

To summarize:

• The equation is \( b - 1 = 6 \)
• Solving for \( b \), we find \( b = 7 \).
• Therefore, Alexa popped 7 balloons.