A book sold 35,900 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 8.3% 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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BaharK543396 BaharK543396 · Answer 1 · 2022-10-30T02:59:08+02:00

Given: A book sold 35,900 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 8.3% of the number of copies sold to date.

Required: To determine how many copies have been sold to date.

Explanation: Let the number of copies sold to date be x. Then according to the question-

[tex]8.3\%ofx=35900[/tex]

Simplifying for x as follows-

[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{8.3}{100}\times x=35900 \\ x=\frac{35900\times100}{8.3} \\ x=432530.12 \\ \end{gathered}[/tex]

Final Answer: The number of copies sold = 432,530 (approx).