SOLUTION: A book sold 33,200 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 8.6% of the number of copies sold to date. How many copies have been sold to date?
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Question 1167681: A book sold 33,200 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 8.6% of the number of copies sold to date. How many copies have been sold to date?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
33200/0.086=x/1
.086x=33200
x=386,046.51 or 386,042 copies
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