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?

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Sowvik Roy · Answer 1 · 2016-05-01T14:46:02+0000

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.