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2015 Cayley Problem 19
A bank teller has some stacks of bills. The total value of the bills in each stack is \$1000. Every stack contains at least one \$20 bill, at least one \$50 bill, and no other types of bills. If no two stacks have the same number of \$20 bills, what is the maximum possible number of stacks that the teller could have?
\textbf{(A)}\ 9\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 10\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 11\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 4\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 8
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