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
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.