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A book sold 34,100 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

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Answer:

347,959

Step-by-step explanation:

(34100/9.8) X 100 = 347,959.18

34100 is 9.8 percent so we will get 1 percent by dividing it with 9.8. We get (3479.5918)

We will multiply it by 100 to get 100%

So we multiply (3479.5918 X 100)

We get 347,959

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