Kaden has more than 20 sweets and fewer than 69 sweets. If he packs them into bags of 5 sweets, he will have no sweets left. If he packs them into bags of 8, he will have 7 sweets left. How many sweets does he have?

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clearly the number must be odd, so it will be an odd multiple of 5.
The choices are 25,35,45,55,65
Which of these is 1 less than a multiple of 8?