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A book sold 38.400 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 7.3% of the number of copies sold todate. How many copies have been sold to date?Round your answer to the nearest whole number

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Since 38400 is 7.3% of the number of copies, then we can calculate the total number of copies with:

38400*100/7.3 = 526027.39. Rounded to the nearest whole number we have: 526027

The answer is 526027

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