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Gary has a collection of comic books. After selling 70% of his comic books, he has 42 comic books left. How many comic books did he start with?
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Gary has a collection of comic books. After selling 70% of his comic books, he has 42 comic books left. How many comic books did he start with?

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42/70=0.6
0.6x100=60
so he started with 60 comic books
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