Question

James blish wrote a new Star Trek book. He receives 5% royalty based on total sales of the book. The book will sell for $10.00. Based on previous book sales, it is estimated gross book sales will be $4,045,300. How many books are estimated to be sold?

Answer 1

404,530

Explanation:

total revenue = (revenue per book)×(number of books)

Dividing by the coefficient of the variable, you get ...

(number of books) = (total revenue)/(revenue per book)

= $4,045,300/$10

= 404,530

About 404,530 books are estimated to be sold.