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Jose has 4 times as many trading scares as Philippe. After Jose gave away 50 cards to his little brother and Philippe gave 5 cards to his friend for his birthday, they each had an equal amount of cards. Write a system to describe the situation and solve the system.

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Answer:

jose's cards: x

philippe's cards: y

5x=y

5x-50=y-5

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