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It is 0.

The hundreds, on either side of 42, are:

100*0 = 0

and

100*1 = 100

The distance from 42 to 0 is 42 - 0 = 42

The distance from 42 to 100 is 100 - 42 = 58

So the first of these is the nearest.

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Zero because 42 is closer to zero than it is to 100.

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