SOLUTION: 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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Question 940958: 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?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So 42 books are the remaining 30%.
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