A book sold 36,800 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 9.8% of the number of coples sold to date. Howmany copies have been sold to date?Round your answer to the nearest whole number,

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The the number of copies sold till date be represented by x.

[tex]\begin{gathered} 9.8\text{ \% of x = 36800} \\ \frac{9.8x}{100}=36800 \\ 0.098x\text{ = 36800} \\ x=\frac{36800}{0.098} \\ x=375510.20\approx375510\text{ copies} \end{gathered}[/tex]