Question

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?

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The equation that can be used to determine the number of balloons Alexa popped is 5 + n = 13.

To find the number of balloons Alexa popped, we can subtract 5 from both sides of the equation:
n = 13 - 5,
n = 8.

Therefore, Alexa popped 8 balloons.