SOLUTION: A book sold 35,600 copies in the first month. Suppose this represents 8.3% of the number of copies sold to date. How many copies have been sold to date? Round answer to the nearest

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Question 1070619: A book sold 35,600 copies in the first month. Suppose this represents 8.3% of the number of copies sold to date. How many copies have been sold to date? Round answer to the nearest whole number.
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
35600/0.083=428,916 copies
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