A book sold 39,200 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 8.7% of the number of copies sold to date. How

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3 years ago

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many copies have been sold to date?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

1 answer:

daser333 [38] · Answer 1 · 2021-11-28T00:15:49+03:00

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Answer: 450574.7126 which rounds up to 450575

Step-by-step explanation: Do cross multiplication

100 X

----- x ---------

8.7 39200

100 x 39200 = 3920000/ 8.7 = 450574.7

TO CHECK ANSWER

450574.7216 x 8.7% ( convert to decimal .087) = 39200