Timothy had a box of strawberry sweets and pineapple sweets. When he added in 30 strawberry sweets, 20% of the sweets were pineapple sweets. When he added in another 100 pineapple sweets, 60% of the sweets were pineapple sweets. How many strawberry sweets were there in the box at first?

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Timothy had a box of strawberry sweets and pineapple sweets. When he added in 30 strawberry sweets, 20% of the sweets were pineapple sweets. When he added in another 100 pineapple sweets, 60% of the sweets were pineapple sweets. How many strawberry sweets were there in the box at first?

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