Question

A book sold 34,500 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 9.8% of the number of copies sold to date. How many copies have been sold to

date?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

352,041

Take 34,500 and divide it be 9.8.

Next, multiply it by 100.

not sure if this is the answer

Answer 2

Answer: If 34,500 copies sold in the first month of release represent 9.8% of the number of copies sold to date, we can use this information to find the total number of copies sold to date. We can set up the equation as:

(34,500 copies) / (9.8%) = (Total number of copies sold to date)

To solve for the total number of copies sold to date, we can cross-multiply and divide by 0.098:

(34,500 copies) * (100%) / (9.8%) = (Total number of copies sold to date)

(34,500 copies) * (100/9.8) = (Total number of copies sold to date)

This simplifies to:

(34,500 copies) * 10.20408163 = (Total number of copies sold to date)

Total number of copies sold to date = 353878.163.

Rounding the answer to the nearest whole number we get:

Total number of copies sold to date = 353878.

So the book has sold 353878 copies to date.

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