Question

Andrea manages a company that currently has 116 customers, which is 8 more than twice the number of customers the company had 1 year ago. How many customers did the company have 1 year ago?

Answer 1

The answer is 114 costumers.
I solved this question by making a question.
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Answer 2

Company had 54 costumers 1 year ago.

Explanation:

Let x be the number of company's customers 1 year ago,

Since, currently, the customers are 8 more than twice the number of customers the company had 1 year ago,

So, the current number of costumers = 2x + 8,

According to the question,

2x + 8 = 116

Subtract 8 on both sides,

2x = 108

Divide both sides by 2

x = 54

Hence, company had 54 costumers 1 year ago.