Question

Sparkles the Clown makes balloon animals for children at birthday parties. At Sidney's party,

she made 1 balloon giraffe, which used a total of 3 balloons. For William's party, she used 4
balloons to make 1 balloon poodle and 1 balloon giraffe. How many balloons does each
animal require?
Each poodle requires ____ balloons and each giraffe requires
____ balloons.

Answer 1

To find out how many balloons each animal requires, we can set up a system of equations. Each poodle requires 1 balloon and each giraffe requires 3 balloons.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many balloons each animal requires, we can set up a system of equations. Let's say x represents the number of balloons required for the giraffe, and y represents the number of balloons required for the poodle.

From the first statement, we know that 1 giraffe requires 3 balloons, so we can write the equation: x = 3.

From the second statement, we know that 1 poodle and 1 giraffe require a total of 4 balloons, so we can write the equation: x + y = 4.

Substituting the value of x from the first equation into the second equation, we get: 3 + y = 4. Solving for y, we find that y = 1.

Therefore, each poodle requires 1 balloon and each giraffe requires 3 balloons.