A box has 3/5 star badges and the rest are moon badges. 1/2 the stars and 14 moon badges are given away; 42 badges remain. How many badges were there at first?
Put the 14 moons back: 7 units = 42 + 14 = 56, so 1 unit = 56 ÷ 7 = 8 and the box held 10 × 8 = 80
There were 80 badges in the box at first.
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