There are some sweets in a container. When the sweets are put into bags of 4 or 10, there are no sweets leftover. When the sweets are put into bags of 9, there are 2 sweets leftover. What is the smallest possible number of sweets in the container?

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There are some sweets in a container. When the sweets are put into bags
of 4 or 10, there are no sweets leftover. When the sweets are put into bags
of 9, there are 2 sweets leftover. What is the smallest possible number of
sweets in the container?
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