The number of copies sold to date will be 216,959.
The quantity of anything is stated as though it were a fraction of a hundred. A quarter of 100 can be used to express the ratio. Per 100 is what the term percent signifies. The symbol ‘%’ is used to symbolize it.
A book sold 37100 copies in its first month of release.
Suppose this represents 17.1% of the number of copies sold to date.
Let x be the number of copies sold to date.
Then the number of copies sold to date will be
17.1% of x = 37,100
0.171x = 37,100
x = 216,959
Thus, the number of copies sold to date will be 216,959.
More about the percentage link is given below.
https://brainly.com/question/8011401
#SPJ1
