Suppose that a crayon weighs the same as a marker. You have a box of crayons, 5 extra crayons, and 29 markers. Let b be the number of crayons in the box. A scale balances with all the crayons on one side and all the markers on the other. You remove markers from the scale so that you can color a picture. Find how many crayons you must remove to keep the scale balanced. Then complete the equation.

Question

Suppose that a crayon weighs the same as a marker. You have a box of​ crayons, 5 extra​ crayons, and 29 markers. Let b be the number of crayons in the box. A scale balances with all the crayons on one side and all the markers on the other. You remove markers from the scale so that you can color a picture. Find how many crayons you must remove to keep the scale balanced. Then complete the equation.

Reiny · Answer

looks like
b+5 = 29
b = 24

Not sure what the last part of the question is really getting at.
Are they simply attempting to describe the process of solving my little equation?

If so, then this is an example of how to "complicate a simple idea".