Question

A book sold 37,400 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 7.6% 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

8,it is closer than 7

Answer 2

If you take your current # of books and divide it by the percentage, that will give you the total number sold to date. To change your percentage to a decimal, you move the decimal to the left two spaces (7.6%=0.076)

=37,400/7.6%
=37,400/0.076
=492,105 total books sold to date