At Macy’s, 1/9 of all sales were for cash. If cash sales were $59,000, what were the total sales?

Willower asked Feb 24, 2023

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Willower asked Feb 24, 2023

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$\text{Given the cash sales to be \$59,000}$
$(1)/(9)\text{ of all sales were for cash}$

Let the total sales be X.

This implies:

$\begin{gathered} (1)/(9)\text{ }*\text{ X=59,000} \\ X=59,000*9 \\ X=\text{ \$531,000} \end{gathered}$

Hence, the total sales was $531,000

Thayer answered Mar 2, 2023

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