A bakery sells vanilla cupcakes and mocha cupcakes. It sold 200 cupcakes in a day, and 77% of them were mocha. How many of the cupcakes sold that day were vanilla?

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To find out how many vanilla cupcakes were sold, we first need to determine how many mocha cupcakes were sold.

Given that 77% of the 200 cupcakes sold were mocha, we calculate the number of mocha cupcakes as follows:

\[ \text{Mocha cupcakes} = 77% \text{ of } 200 = \frac{77}{100} \times 200 = 154 \]

Now, to find the number of vanilla cupcakes sold, we subtract the number of mocha cupcakes from the total number of cupcakes sold:

\[ \text{Vanilla cupcakes} = \text{Total cupcakes} - \text{Mocha cupcakes} = 200 - 154 = 46 \]

Thus, the number of vanilla cupcakes sold that day is:

\[ \boxed{46} \]