Question

Sven has 11 more than twice as many customers as when he started selling newspapers. He now has 73 customers. How many did he have when he started.

Answer 1

31 customers

Explanation:

Let he had x customers when he started,

given that, 2x+11=73

=>2x=62.. Subtracting 11 from both sides

=> x=31 ...Dividing both sides by 2

Hence he had 31 customers when he started.