The members of a bridge club are divided into tables of 4 to play bridge. There are 19 bridge tables at the club. What inequality expresses how many people can come to play on a given night?

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Let x be the total number of people who can come to play on a given night. Since there are 4 people per table, the total number of people who can play is 4 times the number of tables:

Total number of people = 4 * number of tables

Using the given information that there are 19 tables, we can substitute 19 for the number of tables:

Total number of people = 4 * 19 = 76

Therefore, the inequality that expresses how many people can come to play on a given night is:

x ≤ 76.

This inequality tells us that the maximum number of people who can play on a given night is 76, which is the total number of people that can be accommodated by the 19 tables.