<|im_start|>system
You are a helpful assistant. You first think about the reasoning process in the mind and then provide the user with the answer. You should try to truely solve the question by yourself without cheating.  <|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
 A man sells some pencils for a rupee and loses 30%. In order to gain 30%, he should sell approximately 10.77 pencils for a rupee. How many pencils was he selling for a rupee initially? Show your work in <think> </think> tags. And return the final answer in <answer> </answer> tags.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Let me solve this step by step.
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A man sells some pencils for a rupee and loses 30%. In order to gain 30%, he should sell approximately 10.77 pencils for a rupee. How many pencils was he selling for a rupee initially?
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