A book sold 32,500 couples in its first month of release. Suppose this represents 6.1% of the number of copies sold to date. How many copies have sold to date? Round your answer to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

Let's denote the number of copies sold to date as x.

From the problem statement, we know that 32,500 is 6.1% of x. We can write this as an equation:

0.061x = 32,500

To solve for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.061:

x = 32,500 / 0.061

x ≈ 532,787.

Rounded to the nearest whole number, the number of copies sold to date is 533,000.