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Some people are guessing the number of jelly beans in a jar. Each person who guesses within 15 of the correct number will win a prize. The correct number of jelly beans is 389. What values of n represent the numbers that will win a prize?

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n can be 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 over or under the correct amount
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User Florian Mayer
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389 - 15 = 374
389 + 15 = 404
374 < n < 404

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User Velu S Gautam
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