SOLUTION: A book sold 37,600 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 7.3% of the number of copies sold to date. How many copies have been sold to date? Round your an

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Question 1147467: A book sold 37,600 copies in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 7.3% of the number of copies sold to date. How many copies have been sold to date?
Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x equal the amount of copies sold to date.
you get 37,600 = .073 * x
solve for x to get x = 37,600 / .073 = 515,068.4932.
round to nearest whole number to get 515,068.