SOLUTION: Jack has 50 coins and Tracy has 20 coins. They each give James the same amount of coins. Jack’s new amount of coins is less than or equal to 4 times Tracey’s new amount of coin

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Question 1143985: Jack has 50 coins and Tracy has 20 coins. They each give James the same amount of coins. Jack’s new amount of coins is less than or equal to 4 times Tracey’s new amount of coins. Find the range of the amount of coins they each could have given James. (Hint: let x be the amount of coins they each give James)
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Let +x+ = number of coins they each give James
+50+-+x+%3C=+4%2A%28+20+-+x+%29+
+50+-+x+%3C=+80+-+4x+
+50+%2B+3x+%3C=+80+
+3x+%3C=+30+
+x+%3C=+10+
The range of coins is between 1 and 10 inclusive.
( can't be zero coins since they gave James some coins )