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Haley had 7 pens. All of the pens are either blue or black, And there are 3 more blue pens than black pens. How many black pens does haley have?

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Hello! Haley has 7 pens, with 3 more of them being blue than black. If you do some mental math, you know that 5 is 3 more than 2 and 2 + 5 is 7. So Haley has 5 blue pens and 2 black pens.
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