Solution:
As per the problem we have
Jasper has 7 more checkers left than Karen does.
Let Karen has x checkers.
It mean Jasper has [tex] (x+7) [/tex] checkers.
Now again from the problem we have
Jasper has 9 checkers left.
so we can write
[tex] x+7=9\\
\\
x=9-7\\
\\
x=2\\ [/tex]
It mean karen has 2 checkers left.