Question

A store sold 550 video games during the month of December. If this made up 12.5% of it's yearly video game sales, about how many video games did the store sell all year?

Answer 1

550/0.125=4400
YOU DO 550 DIVIDED BY 0.125 AND GET THE ANSWER 4,400

Answer 2

Answer: The store sold about 4400 video games all year.

Explanation:

Let x be the total number of video games sold by the store in a year.

Given : A store sold 550 video games during the month of December.

This made up 12.5% of it's yearly video game sales.

12.5% can be written as
`(12.5)/(100)=0.125`

According to the given situation , we have the following equation :

`x*0.125=550\\\\\Rightarrow\ x=(550)/(0.125)=4400`

Therefore, the store sold about 4400 video games all year.