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jmc

prealgebra senior

Problem

How many integers satisfy both of the inequalities and ?
Solution
Subtract 3 and divide by 4 on both sides of the first inequality to obtain Similarly, the second inequality yields Therefore, we are looking for all the integers between and . Since is between and and the largest integer less than is 5, we need to count the number of integers between and , inclusive. There are positive integers, negative integers, and zero, so there are integers that satisfy both and .
Final answer
8