Question

A book sold 39,800 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 6.8 %of the number of copies sold to date. How many copies have been sold to date?

Answer 1

58,824

Explanation:

To solve this problem, you can set up the equation: 39,800 copies = 6.8% * number of copies sold to date.

Then, you can solve for the number of copies sold to date by dividing both sides of the equation by 6.8%:

number of copies sold to date = 39,800 copies / 6.8%

You can express 6.8% as a decimal by dividing 6.8 by 100: 6.8% = 6.8/100 = 0.068.

Substituting this value into the equation above gives:

number of copies sold to date = 39,800 copies / 0.068

Solving this equation gives:

number of copies sold to date = 39,800 / 0.068 = 58823.52941

Rounded to the nearest whole number, this is a total of 58,824 copies sold to date.