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Karen has 6 more than twice as many newspaper customers as when she started selling newspapers. She now has 98 customers. How many did she have when she started?

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Answer:

46 customers

Explanation:

If the number of original customers is n, we can write the following equation:

98 = 2n + 6

92 = 2n

46 = n

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