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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

In Vegetable Village it costs 75 pence to buy 2 potatoes, 3 carrots and 2 leeks at the Outdoor Market, whereas it costs 88 pence to buy 2 potatoes, 3 carrots and 2 leeks at the Indoor Market.

To buy a potato, a carrot and a leek costs 6 pence more at the Indoor Market than it does at the Outdoor Market.

What is the difference, in pence, between the cost of buying a carrot at the Outdoor Market and the cost of buying a carrot at the Indoor Market?

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